In 2025, fire departments serving Euclid responded to 398 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.8M 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 56% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,552 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $10.8M cumulative property loss. 5 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 463 | — | |
| 2022 | 526 | +13.6% | |
| 2023 | 610 | +16.0% | |
| 2024 | 555 | -9.0% | |
| 2025 | 398 | -28.3% |
For the 40 building fires Euclid departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 619 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 | 156 | 25.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 67 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 65 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 59 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 31 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 27 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 20 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 20 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 15 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 14 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 145 | 23.4% |
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 Euclid mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 297 | 48.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 113 | 18.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 26 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 24 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 22 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 16 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 16 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 13 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 13 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 51 | 8.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Euclid departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 89% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,800,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $40,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Euclid sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
51 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 10 | |
| 40-49 | 8 | |
| 50-59 | 14 | |
| 60-69 | 6 | |
| 70-79 | 4 | |
| 80+ | 4 |
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 | 10.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 22.5 mi |
Top 10 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 Euclid. 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.