In 2025, fire departments serving East Bernstadt responded to 29 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
156 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $763K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | — | |
| 2022* | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | 54 | — | |
| 2024* | 8 | — | |
| 2025 | 29 | — |
* Well below East Bernstadt'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 East Bernstadt departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 94 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 | 77 | 81.9% | |
| 2 | Other | 5 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 7 | Enclosure with enriched oxegen atmosphere | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Vacant structural area | 1 | 1.1% |
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 East Bernstadt mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 87 | 92.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by East Bernstadt departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. East Bernstadt sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 66,398 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,700 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,040 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,860 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,675 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3,500 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,406 | 22.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,000 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,000 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2,850 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,537 | 23.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 39.2 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 Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of East Bernstadt. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in East Bernstadt.
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.