In 2025, fire departments serving Baroda responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
May peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
159 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | 33 | -21.4% | |
| 2023 | 23 | -30.3% | |
| 2024 | 31 | +34.8% | |
| 2025 | 30 | -3.2% |
For the 0 building fires Baroda departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 31 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 | Outside area, other | 6 | 19.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 3 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 22.6% |
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 Baroda mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 48.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 9 | 29.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Baroda sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,503 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 396 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 341 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 291 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 274 | 46.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 253 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 244 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 216 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 204 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 191 | 47.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 190 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 187 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 182 | 45.2 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Baroda. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Baroda.
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.