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2025 County Report

Fires in Perry County, PA

In 2025, fire departments serving Perry County responded to 163 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $3K property loss.

22,709 residents FIPS 42099 57 cities · 11 fire depts
Total incidents
163
1,973 across 5 years
Building fires
23
35 wildland
Property loss
$5K
$5K 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 65% of all calls.

163
Total Incidents
Hazardous condition, other 26 16.0%
Power line down 25 15.3%
Building fires 23 14.1%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 18 11.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 14 8.6%
All other categories 57 35.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Perry County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 8
Feb 6
Mar 40
Apr 26
May 18
Jun 10
Jul 8
Aug 8
Sep 22
Oct 3
Nov 12
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Perry County

1,973 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 541
2022 388
2023 476
2024 405
2025 163
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 23 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
71%
22
Cause undetermined
13%
4
Intentional / arson
3%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
10%
3
Under investigation
3%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $5K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $3,000 SavilleTownship of Passenger vehicle fire Significant
2 $1,500 SavilleTownship of Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue Significant
06 How Perry County compares

Perry County vs PA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.18
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Perry County
7.18
PA avg
6.48
US avg
7.15
1.01
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Perry County
1.01
PA avg
1.39
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Perry County
0
PA avg
6.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Perry County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 42099.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Perry County

11 departments report from this county.

Landisburg Volunteer Fire Comp
Landisburg
FDID 50004 30 incidents 47 vol
Liverpool Volunteer Fire Compa
Liverpool
FDID 50005 27 incidents 25 vol
Citizens Fire Company No 1
Newport
FDID 50010 14 incidents 61 vol
Shermans Dale VCommunity Fire
Shermans Dale
FDID 50012 14 incidents 1 vol
Millerstown Fire Department
Millerstown
FDID 50007 13 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.