In 2025, fire departments serving Greenfield responded to 314 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 60% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,514 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $10.2M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 239 | — | |
| 2022 | 330 | +38.1% | |
| 2023 | 275 | -16.7% | |
| 2024 | 356 | +29.5% | |
| 2025 | 314 | -11.8% |
For the 52 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 352 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 | 84 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 62 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 35 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 24 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 18 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 11 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 79 | 22.4% |
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 | Undetermined | 155 | 44.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 15 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 14 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 57 | 16.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Greenfield departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 86% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $116,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $112,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $90,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $88,540 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Greenfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
10 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 4 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 4 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,880 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,549 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 156 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 | 34.9 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Greenfield. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Greenfield.
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.