In 2025, fire departments serving Young responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
81 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | +11.8% | |
| 2023* | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | 24 | — | |
| 2025 | 12 | -50.0% |
* Well below Young'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 3 building fires Young departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 15 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 | 4 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 6.7% |
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 Young mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 46.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 6.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Young sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,639 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 352 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 352 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 297 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 295 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 260 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 233 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 173 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 173 | 5.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 160 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 152 | 32.3 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 Young. 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.