In 2025, fire departments serving Conneautville responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 94% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
103 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | 22 | +4.8% | |
| 2023 | 37 | +68.2% | |
| 2024* | 8 | — | |
| 2025 | 15 | — |
* Well below Conneautville'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 10 building fires Conneautville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 37 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 | Outside area, other | 8 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Other | 7 | 18.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 16.2% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 2 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 2 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 13.5% |
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 Conneautville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 27.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 4 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 2 | 5.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 5.4% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 5.4% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Conneautville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 21 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,573 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 | 780 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 342 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 29 | 44.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 29 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 26 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 22.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 23 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 21 | 35.6 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 Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Conneautville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Conneautville.
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.