In 2025, fire departments serving Cicero responded to 103 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
502 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | 93 | +19.2% | |
| 2023 | 130 | +39.8% | |
| 2024 | 98 | -24.6% | |
| 2025 | 103 | +5.1% |
For the 39 building fires Cicero departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 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 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
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 Cicero mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cicero sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 23 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,343 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 694 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 8.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 75 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 39 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 11.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 45.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 44.5 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 44.1 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Cicero. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Cicero.
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.