In 2025, fire departments serving Cisne responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
86 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $723K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | 21 | -12.5% | |
| 2024 | 18 | -14.3% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -16.7% |
* Well below Cisne'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 1 building fires Cisne departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 50 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 | 27 | 54.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 18.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 4 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 2.0% |
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 Cisne mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 70.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Match | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Lightning | 1 | 2.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cisne departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $42,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $16,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $15,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cisne sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 20 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,539 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 43 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 22.9 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 | 62823 | 86 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Cisne. 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.