In 2025, fire departments serving Granville responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
85 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $105K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | -65.6% | |
| 2023 | 27 | +145.5% | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 15 | — |
* Well below Granville'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 Granville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | 7 | 28.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 5 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Closet | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 4.0% |
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 Granville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 48.0% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Match | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 4.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Granville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,653 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 210 | 13.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 5.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 110 | 8.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 19.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 6.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 60 | 12.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 51 | 20.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 29.6 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 Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Granville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Granville.
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.