In 2025, fire departments serving Clyde responded to 52 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 50% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
334 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.8M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | — | |
| 2022 | 68 | -9.3% | |
| 2023 | 77 | +13.2% | |
| 2024 | 62 | -19.5% | |
| 2025 | 52 | -16.1% |
For the 8 building fires Clyde departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 127 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 | 25 | 19.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 16 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 11.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 29 | 22.8% |
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 Clyde mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 82 | 64.6% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 7 | 5.5% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 6.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Clyde departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $9,700 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Clyde 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 11 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 533 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 332 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 69 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 22 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 | 13.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 | 46.1 mi |
Top 2 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 Clyde. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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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.