In 2025, fire departments serving Fort Loramie responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $65K 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 86% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
111 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | 33 | — | |
| 2023 | 16 | -51.5% | |
| 2024 | 35 | +118.8% | |
| 2025 | 14 | -60.0% |
* Well below Fort Loramie'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 6 building fires Fort Loramie departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 44 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 | 14 | 31.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 8 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 15.9% |
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 Fort Loramie mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 4 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 4.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fort Loramie departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $65,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fort Loramie sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 3 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 50 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 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 48.8 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 Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Fort Loramie. 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.