In 2025, fire departments serving Weatherly responded to 23 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $25 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
107 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $54K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | 24 | +20.0% | |
| 2023 | 19 | -20.8% | |
| 2024 | 21 | +10.5% | |
| 2025 | 23 | +9.5% |
For the 10 building fires Weatherly departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | 7 | 36.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 5 | 26.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 1 | 5.3% |
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 Weatherly mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Weatherly departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Weatherly sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 22,289 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,949 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,265 | 27.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,126 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 995 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 848 | 12.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 812 | 29.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 750 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 674 | 14.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 647 | 35.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 623 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 615 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 398 | 29.4 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Weatherly. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Weatherly.
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.