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2025 County Report

Fires in Fulton County, PA

In 2025, fire departments serving Fulton County responded to 98 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $10 property loss.

9,449 residents FIPS 42057 49 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
98
1,197 across 5 years
Building fires
19
31 wildland
Property loss
$10
$10 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.

98
Total Incidents
Hazardous condition, other 22 22.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 20 20.4%
Building fires 19 19.4%
Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue 6 6.1%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 6 6.1%
All other categories 25 25.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Fulton County?

Apr peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 12
Feb 3
Mar 19
Apr 37
May 5
Jun 1
Jul 2
Aug 2
Sep 6
Oct 5
Nov 1
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Fulton County

1,197 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 311
2022 307
2023 271
2024 210
2025 98
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 19 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
80%
20
Cause undetermined
4%
1
Intentional / arson
8%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
8%
2
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $10 in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Fulton County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $10 Hustontown Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
06 How Fulton County compares

Fulton County vs PA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

10.37
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
10.37
PA avg
6.48
US avg
7.15
2.01
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Fulton County
2.01
PA avg
1.39
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Fulton County
0
PA avg
6.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Fulton County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 42057.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Fulton County

2 departments report from this county.

Needmore Volunteer Fire Compan
Needmore
FDID 29055 41 incidents 217 vol
McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire
McConnellsburg
FDID 29056 27 incidents 1 paid 100 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.