In 2025, fire departments serving Eastlake responded to 210 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 75% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,396 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 285 | — | |
| 2022 | 299 | +4.9% | |
| 2023 | 225 | -24.7% | |
| 2024 | 377 | +67.6% | |
| 2025 | 210 | -44.3% |
For the 32 building fires Eastlake departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 141 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 15.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 17 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 9 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Other | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 41 | 29.1% |
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 Eastlake mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 64 | 45.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Conducted heat from another fire | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 6.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Eastlake departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 96% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $35,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $7,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eastlake sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 2 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 420 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 4.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 16.7 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Eastlake. 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.