In 2025, fire departments serving Hartville responded to 80 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 60% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
399 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 69 | — | |
| 2022 | 66 | -4.3% | |
| 2023 | 108 | +63.6% | |
| 2024 | 76 | -29.6% | |
| 2025 | 80 | +5.3% |
For the 20 building fires Hartville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 72 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 | 19 | 26.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 6 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 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 Hartville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hartville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $89,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $25,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $7,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Cultivated trees or nursery stock fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hartville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,151 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 | 27.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 25.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 7.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 | 23.2 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 | 44632 | 399 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Hartville. 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.