In 2025, fire departments serving Bannockburn responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $7K 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 75% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
76 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $151K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | 31 | +138.5% | |
| 2024 | 12 | -61.3% | |
| 2025 | 12 | +0.0% |
* Well below Bannockburn'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 2 building fires Bannockburn departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Structural area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Bannockburn mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Sunlight | 1 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Bannockburn departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $7,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bannockburn sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,102 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 750 | 14.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 14.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 200 | 49.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 190 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 180 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 170 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 94 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 76 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 | 33.7 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 | 60015 | 76 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Bannockburn. 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.