In 2025, fire departments serving Curtice responded to 16 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 75% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
69 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $56K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | 20 | +0.0% | |
| 2024* | 5 | — | |
| 2025 | 16 | — |
* Well below Curtice'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 Curtice departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 20 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 35.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 5.0% |
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 Curtice mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 55.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 5.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Curtice sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 19 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 817 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 300 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 24.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 77 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 69 | 10.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 58 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 22 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 11 | 29.9 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43412 | 69 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Curtice. 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.