In 2025, fire departments serving Holland responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $25K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 79% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
204 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | — | |
| 2022 | 69 | +86.5% | |
| 2023* | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | 48 | — | |
| 2025 | 28 | -41.7% |
* Well below Holland'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 4 building fires Holland departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 30 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 | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Wall assembly | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 20.0% |
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 Holland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 36.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 6 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Sunlight | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 3.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Holland departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Holland sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,698 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 | 40.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 361 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 321 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 256 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 | 37.5 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 | 01521 | 204 |
Six Massachusetts cities with population within ±25% of Holland. 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.