In 2025, fire departments serving Celina responded to 174 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K 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 49% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
931 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $3.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 198 | — | |
| 2022 | 215 | +8.6% | |
| 2023 | 162 | -24.7% | |
| 2024 | 182 | +12.3% | |
| 2025 | 174 | -4.4% |
For the 26 building fires Celina departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 374 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 | 99 | 26.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 41 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 33 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 19 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Other | 12 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 93 | 24.9% |
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 Celina mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 185 | 49.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 26 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 13 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Match | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 43 | 11.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Celina departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Celina sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
10 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 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 4 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 5 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 115 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 48.6 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 Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Celina. 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.