In 2025, fire departments serving Cheviot responded to 74 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $15K 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 76% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
427 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $26K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 77 | — | |
| 2022 | 93 | +20.8% | |
| 2023 | 80 | -14.0% | |
| 2024 | 103 | +28.7% | |
| 2025 | 74 | -28.2% |
For the 12 building fires Cheviot departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 125 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 | 36 | 28.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 26 | 20.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 9 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 4 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 14 | 11.2% |
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 Cheviot mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 22.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Match | 13 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 8 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 16 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cheviot departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cheviot sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 2 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,489 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 44.8 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 | 45211 | 427 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Cheviot. 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.