In 2025, fire departments serving Lebanon Junction responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K 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 67% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
100 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $5K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | 29 | +93.3% | |
| 2024 | 26 | -10.3% | |
| 2025 | 21 | -19.2% |
* Well below Lebanon Junction'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 6 building fires Lebanon Junction departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Lebanon Junction mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 69.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lebanon Junction departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lebanon Junction sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,473 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 584 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 15.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 215 | 22.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 201 | 20.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 182 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 170 | 35.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 157 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 144 | 16.1 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 117 | 17.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 24.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 98 | 37.6 mi |
Top 3 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 Lebanon Junction. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lebanon Junction.
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.