In 2025, fire departments serving Englewood responded to 123 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 63% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
646 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $902K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 104 | — | |
| 2022 | 138 | +32.7% | |
| 2023 | 131 | -5.1% | |
| 2024 | 150 | +14.5% | |
| 2025 | 123 | -18.0% |
For the 19 building fires Englewood departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 102 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 | 19 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 30 | 29.4% |
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 Englewood mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 49.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Englewood departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 96% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Englewood sits above 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 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 2 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 40 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 23.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 31.0 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 Englewood. 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.