In 2025, fire departments serving Bartelso responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 90% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
53 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | +18.2% | |
| 2023 | 16 | +23.1% | |
| 2024* | 3 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | — |
* Well below Bartelso'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 0 building fires Bartelso departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 14 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 | 9 | 64.3% | |
| 2 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.1% |
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 Bartelso mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 71.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 7.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bartelso sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,649 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 225 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 160 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 150 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 15.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 28.9 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 | 62218 | 53 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Bartelso. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Bartelso.
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.