In 2025, fire departments serving Brooke County responded to 188 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $80K property loss.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips.
1,114 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 195 | |
| 2022 | 257 | |
| 2023 | 241 | |
| 2024 | 233 | |
| 2025 | 188 |
For the 27 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Brooke County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Weirton | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $60,000 | WELLSBURG | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $40,000 | Follansbee | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $21,000 | Bethany | Fire, other | Significant |
| 5 | $15,000 | Follansbee | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $8,000 | Follansbee | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Wellsburg | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $3,000 | Follansbee | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $3,000 | COLLIERS | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $2,700 | Wellsburg | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 54009.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Follansbee | 2,812 | View › |
| Hooverson Heights | 2,329 | View › |
| Wellsburg | 2,180 | View › |
| Bethany | 1,125 | View › |
| Beech Bottom | 627 | View › |
| Windsor Heights | 564 | View › |
| Colliers | 12 | View › |
| Marshall Terrace | 0 | View › |
| Scott Run | 0 | View › |
| Louise | 0 | View › |
| Coketown | 0 | View › |
| Pettit Heights | 0 | View › |
10 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GAULEY MTN | 1991 | NPS | 12,324 |
| 2 | Steep Valley | 2023 | NPS | 2,182 |
| 3 | Dry Hollow Fire | 2019 | USFS | 1,288 |
| 4 | ABRAHAM | 2001 | NPS | 547 |
| 5 | Castle | 2018 | USFS | 427 |
| 6 | Unnamed fire | 1981 | NPS | 412 |
| 7 | Highland | 2024 | NPS | 231 |
| 8 | North | 2017 | USFS | 192 |
| 9 | 947 | 2023 | USFS | 165 |
| 10 | 873122 | 1987 | NPS | 162 |
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.