In 2025, fire departments serving Farina responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
82 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $2.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | 24 | +41.2% | |
| 2025 | 28 | +16.7% |
* Well below Farina'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 8 building fires Farina departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 45 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 9 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 2.2% |
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 Farina mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 25 | 55.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 2.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Farina departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Farina sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,078 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 24.9 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 62838 | 80 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Farina. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Farina.
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.