In 2025, fire departments serving Le Roy responded to 35 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $850K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
94 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | 29 | +31.8% | |
| 2025 | 35 | +20.7% |
* Well below Le Roy'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 7 building fires Le Roy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 48 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 | 26 | 54.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 2 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 2.1% |
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 Le Roy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 27.1% | |
| 2 | Heat, spark from friction | 12 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 11 | 22.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 2.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Le Roy departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $850,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Le Roy sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 941 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 51 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 17.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 24.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 10.5 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 Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Le Roy. 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.