In 2025, fire departments serving Greenfield responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents . 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 63% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
38 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | — | |
| 2023* | 2 | — | |
| 2024 | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 19 | +216.7% |
* Well below Greenfield'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 Greenfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3 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 | Other | 2 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 33.3% |
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 Greenfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 2 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 33.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Greenfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,995 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,475 | 28.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1,050 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 140 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 96 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 20.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 28.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 | 30.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 41.3 mi |
Top 3 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 Greenfield. 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.