In 2025, fire departments serving Collinsville responded to 43 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Nov peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
212 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 65 | — | |
| 2023 | 43 | -33.8% | |
| 2024 | 44 | +2.3% | |
| 2025 | 43 | -2.3% |
* Well below Collinsville'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 2 building fires Collinsville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 57 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 | 14 | 24.6% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 19.3% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 14.0% | |
| 4 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 17.5% |
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 Collinsville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 33 | 57.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Candle | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 3.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Collinsville departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $6,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Collinsville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 22,022 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,990 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 3,696 | 16.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Smoking | 2,151 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,550 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,349 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,146 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1,140 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,036 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 850 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 675 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 665 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 457 | 47.8 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Virginia cities with population within ±25% of Collinsville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Collinsville.
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.