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2025 County Report

Fires in Cameron County, PA

In 2025, fire departments serving Cameron County responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents.

4,264 residents FIPS 42023 20 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
30
277 across 5 years
Building fires
5
5 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.

30
Total Incidents
Building fires 5 16.7%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 4 13.3%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 4 13.3%
Fire, other 2 6.7%
Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill 2 6.7%
All other categories 13 43.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Cameron County?

May peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 3
Feb 0
Mar 2
Apr 1
May 7
Jun 3
Jul 2
Aug 4
Sep 7
Oct 0
Nov 1
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Cameron County

277 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 58
2022 41
2023 82
2024 66
2025 30
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
55%
6
Cause undetermined
9%
1
Intentional / arson
18%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
18%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Cameron County compares

Cameron County vs PA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.04
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Cameron County
7.04
PA avg
6.48
US avg
7.15
1.17
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Cameron County
1.17
PA avg
1.39
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Cameron County
0
PA avg
6.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Cameron County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 42023.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Cameron County

2 departments report from this county.

Emporium Fire Department
Emporium
FDID 12014 13 incidents 20 vol
Sinnamahoning Volunteer Fire D
Sinnemahoning
FDID 12016 0 incidents 20 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in PA

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Hopewell 2012 NPS 812
2 Blue Mountain 2024 NPS 577
3 River Road 2023 USFS 430
4 SNYDER 1999 NPS 374
5 Town Line Church 1984 USFS 207
6 Little Round Top Munshower 2021 NPS 79
7 Sugar Bay 2023 USFS 62
8 Spring 2003 USFS 53
9 Salmon Creek 2010 USFS 48
10 BELLTOWN 2011 USFS 42

About this data

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.