In 2025, fire departments serving Fairgrove responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K 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 81% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
85 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $625K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022* | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | 26 | +52.9% | |
| 2025 | 21 | -19.2% |
* Well below Fairgrove's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Fairgrove departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 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 | Outside area, other | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 8.3% |
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 Fairgrove mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 83.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fairgrove departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fairgrove sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,928 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 335 | 8.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 289 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 257 | 23.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 253 | 42.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 202 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 186 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 178 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 155 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 116 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 97 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 70 | 17.5 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 | 7.9 mi |
Top 2 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 Fairgrove. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Fairgrove.
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.