In 2025, fire departments serving Drexel responded to 10 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 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
33 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | +60.0% | |
| 2023 | 5 | -37.5% | |
| 2024 | 5 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 10 | +100.0% |
For the 3 building fires Drexel departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3 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 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 33.3% |
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 Drexel mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Drexel sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 24,879 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,082 | 43.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,654 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,129 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 24.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 750 | 20.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 15.1 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 | 64742 | 33 |
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Drexel. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Drexel.
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.