In 2025, fire departments serving West Jordan responded to 358 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M 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 51% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,723 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $15.2M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 294 | — | |
| 2022 | 301 | +2.4% | |
| 2023 | 334 | +11.0% | |
| 2024 | 436 | +30.5% | |
| 2025 | 358 | -17.9% |
For the 64 building fires West Jordan departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 352 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 | Undetermined | 58 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 51 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 32 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 20 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 11 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Other | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 113 | 32.1% |
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 West Jordan mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 140 | 39.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 29 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 27 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 22 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 14 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 49 | 13.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by West Jordan departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 89% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 8 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. West Jordan sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 401,167 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Natural | 44,345 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 38,190 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 31,010 | 39.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 28,540 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 24,594 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 22,045 | 40.8 mi | |
| 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20,700 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 16,267 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 26.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 14,293 | 30.8 mi | |
| 1998 | Natural | 13,926 | 32.1 mi |
Top 6 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 West Jordan. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in West Jordan.
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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.