In 2025, fire departments serving Dansville responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $7K 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 85% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
127 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $283K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | 21 | — | |
| 2023 | 33 | +57.1% | |
| 2024 | 30 | -9.1% | |
| 2025 | 33 | +10.0% |
* Well below Dansville'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 Dansville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 38 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 | 6 | 15.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Function area, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 21.1% |
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 Dansville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 34.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 5 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Match | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Dansville departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Dansville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,718 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 143 | 13.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 142 | 2.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 119 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 105 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 18.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 98 | 28.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 17.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 19.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 | 8.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61 | 42.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 18.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 57 | 44.6 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 | 48819 | 127 |
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Dansville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Dansville.
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.