In 2025, fire departments serving Crestview Hills responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
107 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $796K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | 13 | -35.0% | |
| 2024 | 30 | +130.8% | |
| 2025 | 33 | +10.0% |
* Well below Crestview Hills'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 3 building fires Crestview Hills departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 44 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 | 15 | 34.1% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 20.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 2.3% |
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 Crestview Hills mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 43.2% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 9 | 20.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 18.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Crestview Hills departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,500 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Crestview Hills sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,836 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 45.9 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 Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Crestview Hills. 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.