In 2025, fire departments serving Commercial Point responded to 29 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $170K building blaze. 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 86% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
89 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $395K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | 14 | -12.5% | |
| 2024 | 22 | +57.1% | |
| 2025 | 29 | +31.8% |
* Well below Commercial Point'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 7 building fires Commercial Point departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9 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 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 1 | 11.1% |
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 Commercial Point mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Commercial Point departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $170,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Commercial Point sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,728 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 355 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 131 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 53 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Smoking | 50 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 | 38.1 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 Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Commercial Point. 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.