In 2025, fire departments serving Lawrenceburg responded to 182 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 42% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
674 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $4.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 105 | — | |
| 2022 | 95 | -9.5% | |
| 2023 | 188 | +97.9% | |
| 2024 | 104 | -44.7% | |
| 2025 | 182 | +75.0% |
For the 28 building fires Lawrenceburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 297 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 | 65 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 51 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 25 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 22 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 11 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 55 | 18.5% |
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 Lawrenceburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 126 | 42.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 33 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 22 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 11 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 40 | 13.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lawrenceburg departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 80% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $155,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $85,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $80,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lawrenceburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
8 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 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,637 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 238 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 155 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 110 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 97 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 95 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 | 46.9 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 Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Lawrenceburg. 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.