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Previous Occurrences
Extent
• 8 August 2012 – More than 100 acres burned when a stolen car was set on fire in a field
that led to the blaze. The fire was in the vicinity of 183 rd Street and State Line Road, and
187 th Street and Mission Road. A trailer and all-terrain vehicle were also set on fire.
Firefighters stopped the fires from damaging any homes.
• 19 August 2012 – 5 grass fires were ultimately put out in Johnson County in the cities of
Olathe (2), Lenexa, Mize and Shawnee. No buildings were damaged.
• 2012 – Wyandotte county saw a fire that began at 57 th Street and I70 spreading toward
Muncie Drive. Fire Crews stopped the fire about 100 feet from four or five homes in the
rural, wooded area.
• 21 August 2012 – three grass fires in Leavenworth County, one begin near Tonganoxie
were put out after burning 50 acres and 7 acres and the other of undetermined acreage.
The seven acre fire near Tonganoxie destroyed one mobile home.
In the year 2012 alone the planning area saw four reported incidents for Wildfire. One mobile
home was destroyed and four homes were threatened. With the incidence of drought that has
affected the state, as well as the rise in average temperatures; the extent of wildfires could
potentially be greater. The planning committee has determined that during this planning period
the Magnitude is: Negligible. Less than 10% of property is severely damaged and injuries
and/or illnesses are treatable with first aid. Shutdown of critical facilities and services would not
exceed 24 hours.
Probability of Future Events
Historical records for this hazard are difficult to obtain. There is no consistency of when to
report a wildfire, or what criteria should be followed. When a wildfire is located in a city often
times the authorities do not report it as a wildfire, even though it may have been present in an
open dry field. However, wildfires do occur on an annual basis in the planning area resulting in
this hazard’s probability being “Highly Likely”.
Impact and Vulnerability
According to the USDA’s Risk Management Agency on Crop Insurance, no payments have
been made for loss of crops due to wildfire in the planning area. However, as seen in previous
occurrences, property loss, although rare in this region, does happen as seen with the mobile
home that was burned.
Although some data is available from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) in
terms of previous events, this data has limitations in providing useful statistical data for analysis.
The most problematic issues are that not all fire departments report to NFIRS and of those that
report, not all incidents are reported. This current lack of local level, (i.e. fire district or county),
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