In 2025, fire departments serving Hebron responded to 50 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K 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 54% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
251 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $990K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | — | |
| 2022 | 48 | -32.4% | |
| 2023* | 28 | — | |
| 2024 | 54 | — | |
| 2025 | 50 | -7.4% |
* Well below Hebron'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 8 building fires Hebron departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 91 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 | 27 | 29.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 23 | 25.3% |
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 Hebron mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 49.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 8 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 7 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Chemical reaction | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hebron departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $8,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hebron sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,718 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 38.6 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 | 41048 | 251 |
Six Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Hebron. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hebron.
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.