In 2025, fire departments serving Brook Park responded to 196 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $278K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,096 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.0M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 212 | — | |
| 2022 | 189 | -10.8% | |
| 2023 | 211 | +11.6% | |
| 2024 | 288 | +36.5% | |
| 2025 | 196 | -31.9% |
For the 16 building fires Brook Park departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 129 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 14.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 15 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 35 | 27.1% |
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 Brook Park mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 60 | 46.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 6 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 6 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 8.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Brook Park departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 96% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $277,500 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Brook Park sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
7 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 8 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 545 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 38.3 mi |
Top 10 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 Brook Park. 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.