In 2025, fire departments serving Canfield responded to 132 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
828 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $352K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 145 | — | |
| 2022 | 155 | +6.9% | |
| 2023 | 206 | +32.9% | |
| 2024 | 190 | -7.8% | |
| 2025 | 132 | -30.5% |
For the 10 building fires Canfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 155 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 15 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 35 | 22.6% |
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 Canfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 60 | 38.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 9 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 30 | 19.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Canfield departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Canfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 984 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 25.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 18.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 37.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 24.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 15.4 mi |
Top 2 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 Canfield. 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.