In 2025, fire departments serving Antwerp responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $125K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
78 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $854K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 17 | — | |
| 2023 | 15 | -11.8% | |
| 2024 | 18 | +20.0% | |
| 2025 | 24 | +33.3% |
* Well below Antwerp's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 7 building fires Antwerp departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 35 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 6 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 17.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 8.6% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Antwerp mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 31.4% | |
| 2 | Match | 7 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 8.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Antwerp departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $125,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $200 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Antwerp sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 13 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 419 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 154 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 58 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 17.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 | 19.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 11 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 31.2 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45813 | 78 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Antwerp. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 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. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.