In 2025, fire departments serving Fillmore responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 82% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
81 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $261K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | +33.3% | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 37 | — | |
| 2025 | 11 | -70.3% |
* Well below Fillmore'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 4 building fires Fillmore departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 17 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 | 5 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 23.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 1 | 5.9% |
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 Fillmore mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 58.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fillmore departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fillmore sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,575 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,549 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 156 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 38.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 47 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 20.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 45.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 37 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 34 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 | 47.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 23 | 49.4 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 Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Fillmore. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Fillmore.
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.