In 2025, fire departments serving Hobart responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $4K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
81 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $6K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 7 | — | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024 | 40 | — | |
| 2025 | 33 | -17.5% |
* Well below Hobart'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 3 building fires Hobart departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 28 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 | Other | 16 | 57.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 3.6% |
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 Hobart mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 9 | 32.1% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hobart departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $900 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hobart sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 150,915 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 39,907 | 34.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,835 | 22.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Firearms and explosives use | 10,471 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 10,206 | 34.5 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,782 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5,430 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,500 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 4,196 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,900 | 23.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,796 | 34.2 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 Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Hobart. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hobart.
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.