In 2025, fire departments serving Casey responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K 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 93% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
109 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | 32 | +77.8% | |
| 2024 | 31 | -3.1% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -51.6% |
* Well below Casey'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 Casey departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 45 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 | 21 | 46.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Interior stairway or ramp | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | Other | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 4.4% |
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 Casey mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 71.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Lightning | 1 | 2.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Casey departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Casey sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 19 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 661 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 | 150 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 | 36.3 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Casey. 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.