In 2025, fire departments serving Daleville responded to 32 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
188 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $677K cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | — | |
| 2022 | 55 | +25.0% | |
| 2023 | 36 | -34.5% | |
| 2024* | 21 | — | |
| 2025 | 32 | — |
* Well below Daleville'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 5 building fires Daleville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 66 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 | Undetermined | 15 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 19.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 19.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 4 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Other | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 13.6% |
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 Daleville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 53.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Arcing | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 6.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Daleville departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Daleville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
10 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 | 3 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 2 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 30 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 49.1 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 Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Daleville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Daleville.
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.