In 2025, fire departments serving Hudson responded to 45 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
309 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $320K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | — | |
| 2022 | 66 | -17.5% | |
| 2023 | 85 | +28.8% | |
| 2024* | 33 | — | |
| 2025 | 45 | — |
* Well below Hudson'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 Hudson departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 35 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 | Outside area, other | 7 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 14.3% |
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 Hudson mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 6 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Match | 5 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 5.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hudson sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,354 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 154 | 35.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 142 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 105 | 47.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 98 | 26.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 32.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 77 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 69 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 58 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 6.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 30.2 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Hudson. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hudson.
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.