In 2025, fire departments serving Greenfield responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
16 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $57K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023 | 2 | — | |
| 2024* | 1 | — | |
| 2025 | 12 | — |
* 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 3 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 8 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 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 37.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 12.5% |
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 | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 12.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Greenfield departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $6,500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
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. 14,646 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,732 | 9.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,017 | 42.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 790 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 772 | 21.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 723 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 707 | 43.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 638 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 613 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 590 | 14.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 580 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 572 | 45.0 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 | 65661 | 16 |
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Greenfield. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 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.