In 2025, fire departments serving Hiram responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
111 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $216K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | -55.6% | |
| 2023 | 20 | +0.0% | |
| 2024* | 11 | — | |
| 2025 | 15 | — |
* Well below Hiram'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 5 building fires Hiram departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9 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 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 11.1% |
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 Hiram mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 11.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hiram sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 18 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 837 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 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 22 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 18 | 49.8 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Hiram. 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.