In 2025, fire departments serving Wyoming responded to 47 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $198K 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 85% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
351 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $576K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | — | |
| 2022 | 112 | +40.0% | |
| 2023 | 92 | -17.9% | |
| 2024* | 20 | — | |
| 2025 | 47 | — |
* Well below Wyoming'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 7 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 36 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 30.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Assembly area - less than 100 persons | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 13.9% |
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 | 11 | 30.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Candle | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Wyoming departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $198,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Wyoming sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 651 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 53 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 36.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 17.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 27.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 | 17.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 | 49.5 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 Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Wyoming. 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.