In 2025, fire departments serving Cuba responded to 121 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 68% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
616 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $10K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 108 | — | |
| 2022 | 135 | +25.0% | |
| 2023 | 141 | +4.4% | |
| 2024 | 111 | -21.3% | |
| 2025 | 121 | +9.0% |
For the 42 building fires Cuba departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 189 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 25 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 23 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 21 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Other | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 41 | 21.7% |
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 Cuba mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 131 | 69.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 2.1% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Arcing | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 14 | 7.4% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cuba sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 23,498 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,761 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,146 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,249 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,212 | 42.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1,049 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,026 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 971 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 755 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 27.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 740 | 14.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 730 | 45.5 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 Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Cuba. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Cuba.
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.