In 2025, fire departments serving Bloomdale responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $120K 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 71% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
95 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $408K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | 27 | +28.6% | |
| 2023 | 21 | -22.2% | |
| 2024* | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 17 | — |
* Well below Bloomdale'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 5 building fires Bloomdale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 28 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Other | 3 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 9 | Light shaft | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 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 Bloomdale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Bloomdale departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $120,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $6,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bloomdale sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 12 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 568 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 332 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 69 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 58 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 22 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 11 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 | 43.0 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 Bloomdale. 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.