In 2025, fire departments serving Grabill responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1000K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 76% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
62 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 24 | — | |
| 2025 | 21 | -12.5% |
* Well below Grabill'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 5 building fires Grabill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 18 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 | 4 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Other | 3 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Separate operator/control area of transportation | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 10 | Outside area, other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 11.1% |
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 Grabill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 4 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Grabill departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $999,999 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $3,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Grabill sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 9 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 372 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 154 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 58 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 13.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 | 11.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 12.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 43.2 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 Grabill. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Grabill.
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.