In 2025, fire departments serving Village of Grosse Pointe Shores responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $2K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 89% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
61 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $103K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | 16 | +60.0% | |
| 2024 | 13 | -18.8% | |
| 2025 | 18 | +38.5% |
* Well below Village of Grosse Pointe Shores'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 4 building fires Village of Grosse Pointe Shores departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 14 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 | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Wall assembly | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 9 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 10 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 14.3% |
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 Village of Grosse Pointe Shores mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 4 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 28.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Village of Grosse Pointe Shores departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Village of Grosse Pointe Shores sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 22 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 948 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 300 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 77 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 53 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 | 17.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 | 31.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 38 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33 | 43.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 | 45.4 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 | 48236 | 61 |
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Village of Grosse Pointe Shores. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores.
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.