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2025 County Report

Fires in Greene County, PA

In 2025, fire departments serving Greene County responded to 160 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100K property loss.

32,240 residents FIPS 42059 96 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
160
1,570 across 5 years
Building fires
45
35 wildland
Property loss
$206K
$105K structure · $101K contents
Casualties
1 / 0
1 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 66% of all calls.

160
Total Incidents
Building fires 45 28.1%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 26 16.2%
Power line down 18 11.2%
Passenger vehicle fire 9 5.6%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 8 5.0%
All other categories 54 33.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Greene County?

Mar peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 10
Feb 0
Mar 68
Apr 30
May 16
Jun 5
Jul 14
Aug 3
Sep 14
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Greene County

1,570 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 341
2022 369
2023 390
2024 310
2025 160
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 45 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
60%
29
Cause undetermined
10%
5
Intentional / arson
8%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
6
Under investigation
6%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
1
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $105K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Greene County during 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $100,000 WashingtonTownship Building fires Significant
2 $5,000 WayneTownship of Fire, other Significant
06 How Greene County compares

Greene County vs PA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

4.96
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Greene County
4.96
PA avg
6.48
US avg
7.15
1.4
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Greene County
1.4
PA avg
1.39
US avg
0.82
31
Civilian fire deaths per million
Greene County
31
PA avg
6.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Greene County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 42059.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Greene County

6 departments report from this county.

Mount Morris Community Vol Fir
Mount Morris
FDID 30018 20 incidents
Waynesburg Franklin Twp Vol Fi
Waynesburg
FDID 30061 13 incidents 50 vol
Wayne Township Vol Fire Compan
Brave
FDID 30075 9 incidents
CTVFD
Rogersville
FDID 30091 7 incidents 25 vol
New Freeport Vol Fire Departme
New Freeport
FDID 30071 5 incidents 17 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.