In 2025, fire departments serving Beechmont responded to 11 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 73% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
55 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | +38.5% | |
| 2023 | 8 | -55.6% | |
| 2024* | 5 | — | |
| 2025 | 11 | — |
* Well below Beechmont'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 1 building fires Beechmont departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1 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 | 1 | 100.0% |
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 Beechmont mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 1 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Beechmont sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,823 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,400 | 11.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 | 9.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,050 | 11.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 584 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 570 | 7.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 517 | 21.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 7.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 10.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 8.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 12.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 13.8 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Beechmont. 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.