In 2025, fire departments serving Vineyard responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $3K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 88% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
112 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $288K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | 39 | +160.0% | |
| 2024 | 40 | +2.6% | |
| 2025 | 17 | -57.5% |
* Well below Vineyard's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Vineyard departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Function area, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Wall assembly | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 1 | 11.1% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Vineyard mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Vineyard departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,500 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Vineyard sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 514,837 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Natural | 102,191 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,387 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 37,923 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 33,838 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 31,010 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 28,540 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,456 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 22,045 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 18,620 | 30.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Natural | 13,926 | 27.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 12,837 | 45.1 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Vineyard. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.