In 2025, fire departments serving Wyoming responded to 446 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,927 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $6.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 658 | — | |
| 2022 | 527 | -19.9% | |
| 2023 | 597 | +13.3% | |
| 2024 | 699 | +17.1% | |
| 2025 | 446 | -36.2% |
For the 28 building fires Wyoming departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 425 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 126 | 29.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 37 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 22 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 18 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 17 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Exterior, exposed surface | 15 | 3.5% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 12 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 113 | 26.6% |
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 Wyoming mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 150 | 35.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 52 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 43 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 33 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 18 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 17 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 9 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 63 | 14.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Wyoming departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 81% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $198,200 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $130,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $22,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Wyoming sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
22 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 6 | |
| 40-49 | 7 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,634 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 275 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 191 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 175 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 162 | 35.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 151 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 24.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 119 | 28.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 107 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 106 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 105 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 105 | 34.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 100 | 38.0 mi |
Top 8 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Wyoming. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Wyoming.
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.