In 2025, fire departments serving Huber Heights responded to 372 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 55% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,823 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $5.3M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 317 | — | |
| 2022 | 411 | +29.7% | |
| 2023 | 346 | -15.8% | |
| 2024 | 377 | +9.0% | |
| 2025 | 372 | -1.3% |
For the 52 building fires Huber Heights departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 369 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 64 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 49 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 45 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 41 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 18 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 16 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 13 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Other | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 87 | 23.6% |
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 Huber Heights mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 178 | 48.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 57 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 19 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 8 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 4 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 26 | 7.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Huber Heights departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 72% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $144,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Huber Heights sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
22 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 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 2 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 40 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 16.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 21.0 mi |
Top 5 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 Huber Heights. 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.