In 2025, fire departments serving Hicksville responded to 42 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $70K 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 45% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
250 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.1M cumulative property loss. 5 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67 | — | |
| 2022 | 41 | -38.8% | |
| 2023 | 46 | +12.2% | |
| 2024 | 54 | +17.4% | |
| 2025 | 42 | -22.2% |
For the 5 building fires Hicksville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 115 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 22.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 22 | 19.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 11 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Other | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 17 | 14.8% |
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 Hicksville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 59 | 51.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Match | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 13 | 11.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hicksville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $7,500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $3,500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hicksville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 4 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 17 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 508 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 154 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 58 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 22.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 | 13.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 22 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 14.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 11 | 46.0 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 | 43526 | 250 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Hicksville. 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.