In 2025, fire departments serving Hubbard responded to 83 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Hubbard's departments reported 83 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 173 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
865 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $753K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 125 | — | |
| 2022 | 175 | +40.0% | |
| 2023 | 339 | +93.7% | |
| 2024 | 143 | -57.8% | |
| 2025* | 83 | — |
* Well below Hubbard'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 11 building fires Hubbard departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 94 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 | Undetermined | 23 | 24.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 22 | 23.4% |
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 Hubbard mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 61 | 64.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 6 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 4.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hubbard 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,145 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 342 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 13.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 29 | 24.0 mi |
Top 9 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 Hubbard. 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.