In 2025, fire departments serving Grandview responded to 38 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $45K 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 79% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
131 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $93K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 9 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 37 | — | |
| 2024 | 41 | +10.8% | |
| 2025 | 38 | -7.3% |
* Well below Grandview'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 2 building fires Grandview departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 15 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 | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Roof surface: exterior | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 1 | 6.7% |
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 Grandview mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 26.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 1 | 6.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Grandview departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $45,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Grandview sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,389 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 39.5 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 Grandview. 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.