In 2025, fire departments serving Eden Prairie responded to 227 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $108K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,159 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.8M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 226 | — | |
| 2022 | 216 | -4.4% | |
| 2023 | 229 | +6.0% | |
| 2024 | 261 | +14.0% | |
| 2025 | 227 | -13.0% |
For the 21 building fires Eden Prairie departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 287 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 | 45 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 29 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 97 | 33.8% |
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 Eden Prairie mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 78 | 27.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 70 | 24.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 22 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 19 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 34 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Eden Prairie departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 87% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $108,090 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $21,600 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $7,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $6,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eden Prairie sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 21,153 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8,513 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,909 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,550 | 34.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1,299 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,000 | 11.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 420 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 336 | 31.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 320 | 47.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 306 | 30.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 260 | 43.2 mi |
Top 6 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Eden Prairie. 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.