In 2025, fire departments serving White Hall responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 92% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
56 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 30 | — | |
| 2025 | 13 | -56.7% |
* Well below White Hall'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 1 building fires White Hall departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3 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 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Storage area, other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 33.3% |
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 White Hall mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. White Hall sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,432 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Smoking | 394 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 150 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 147 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 125 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 121 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 117 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 102 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 100 | 45.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 100 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 85 | 40.3 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26554 | 56 |
Six West Virginia cities with population within ±25% of White Hall. 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.