In 2025, fire departments serving Coal Grove responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1K 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 68% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
64 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $3K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 10 | -16.7% | |
| 2023* | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | 8 | — | |
| 2025 | 28 | +250.0% |
* Well below Coal Grove'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 8 building fires Coal Grove departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 15 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 | 6 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Closet | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Wall assembly | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 6.7% |
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 Coal Grove mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 6.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Coal Grove departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Coal Grove sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 33,550 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,865 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,200 | 45.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,090 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,934 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,739 | 43.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,678 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,640 | 44.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,624 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,500 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,391 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,314 | 44.6 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 | 45638 | 64 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Coal Grove. 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.