In 2025, fire departments serving Breezy Point responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $320K 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 88% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
56 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | +30.0% | |
| 2023* | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | 11 | — | |
| 2025 | 16 | +45.5% |
* Well below Breezy Point'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 4 building fires Breezy Point departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 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 | 4 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 8.3% |
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 Breezy Point mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Candle | 1 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Breezy Point departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $320,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $250 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Breezy Point sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 22,099 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,725 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,520 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,260 | 20.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,250 | 48.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,242 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,150 | 39.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 930 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 850 | 38.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 830 | 45.5 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 750 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 725 | 37.5 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 | 56472 | 56 |
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Breezy Point. 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.