In 2025, fire departments serving Huron responded to 60 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K 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 58% of all calls.
Jul peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
392 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | — | |
| 2022 | 78 | +27.9% | |
| 2023 | 115 | +47.4% | |
| 2024 | 78 | -32.2% | |
| 2025 | 60 | -23.1% |
For the 4 building fires Huron departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 88 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 | 13 | 14.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 6 | 6.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 21 | 23.9% |
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 Huron mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 43.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 8 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 6.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Huron departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $2,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,500 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Huron sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 6 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 251 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 171 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 | 27.8 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 Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Huron. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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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.