In 2025, fire departments serving Coleraine responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . 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 100% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
61 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $218K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | -31.6% | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 15 | +66.7% |
* Well below Coleraine'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 0 building fires Coleraine departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 11 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 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Service facilities, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 9 | Undetermined | 1 | 9.1% |
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 Coleraine mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Coleraine sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 16,608 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 | 41.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,242 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,150 | 31.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 950 | 39.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 930 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 850 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 732 | 40.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 725 | 32.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 679 | 33.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 600 | 31.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 600 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 517 | 22.0 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 | 55722 | 61 |
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Coleraine. 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.