In 2025, fire departments serving Craig Beach responded to 10 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.
Nov peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
32 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $12K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | +37.5% | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024* | 2 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | — |
* Well below Craig Beach'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 1 building fires Craig Beach departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 33.3% |
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 Craig Beach mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 33.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Craig Beach sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,232 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 25.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 27.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 29 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 27.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 | 32.9 mi |
Top 2 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 Craig Beach. 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.