In 2025, fire departments serving Lebo responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $76K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 91% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
178 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $98K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | — | |
| 2022 | 41 | +36.7% | |
| 2023 | 42 | +2.4% | |
| 2024 | 32 | -23.8% | |
| 2025 | 33 | +3.1% |
For the 3 building fires Lebo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 116 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 | 72 | 62.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 7 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 6.0% |
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 Lebo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 32.8% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 27 | 23.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Conducted heat from another fire | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 9.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lebo departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $76,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lebo sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 153,420 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,000 | 43.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,000 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,000 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,000 | 46.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,500 | 35.8 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5,000 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 26.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,500 | 5.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 | 35.8 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66856 | 178 |
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Lebo. 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.