In 2025, fire departments serving Grayville responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
85 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $699K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | — | |
| 2022* | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | 28 | +33.3% | |
| 2025 | 13 | -53.6% |
* Well below Grayville'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 Grayville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 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 | 30 | 93.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 6.2% |
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 Grayville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 100.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Grayville departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $18,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Grayville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,425 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 716 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 418 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 365 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 356 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 177 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 176 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 115 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 46.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 80 | 34.9 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 Grayville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Grayville.
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.