In 2025, fire departments serving Grant responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $85K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Trash or rubbish fire, contained lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
62 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $570K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | — | |
| 2022* | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | 13 | +62.5% | |
| 2025 | 19 | +46.2% |
* Well below Grant'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 1 building fires Grant departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | 6 | 46.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Grant mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Lightning | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Grant departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $85,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $200 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Grant sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 98,690 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Natural | 60,000 | 34.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6,400 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,570 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 | 46.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 | 36.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,080 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,000 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,783 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,500 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,300 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,150 | 37.3 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 | 69140 | 62 |
Six Nebraska cities with population within ±25% of Grant. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Grant.
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.