In 2025, fire departments serving Eastpointe responded to 414 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,218 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $4.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 486 | — | |
| 2022 | 455 | -6.4% | |
| 2023 | 410 | -9.9% | |
| 2024 | 453 | +10.5% | |
| 2025 | 414 | -8.6% |
For the 63 building fires Eastpointe departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 385 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 | 78 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 62 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 46 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 23 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 13 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 13 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Function area, other | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 83 | 21.6% |
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 Eastpointe mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 208 | 54.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 35 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 32 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 16 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 7 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 7 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 41 | 10.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Eastpointe departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 74% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eastpointe sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 24 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,032 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 300 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 77 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 64 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 53 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 | 13.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 | 31.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 38 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33 | 41.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 | 32.7 mi |
Top 7 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Eastpointe. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Eastpointe.
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.