In 2025, fire departments serving Austintown responded to 246 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,484 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.9M cumulative property loss. 4 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 298 | — | |
| 2022 | 281 | -5.7% | |
| 2023 | 304 | +8.2% | |
| 2024 | 355 | +16.8% | |
| 2025 | 246 | -30.7% |
For the 16 building fires Austintown departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 464 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 150 | 32.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 60 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 47 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 29 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 12 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 12 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 11 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 10 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 96 | 20.7% |
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 Austintown mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 169 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 109 | 23.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 37 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 24 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 22 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 11 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 8 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 48 | 10.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Austintown departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $500 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Austintown sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
47 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 9 | |
| 30-39 | 5 | |
| 40-49 | 5 | |
| 50-59 | 6 | |
| 60-69 | 9 | |
| 70-79 | 11 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,305 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 342 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 15.6 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Austintown. 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.