In 2025, fire departments serving Lisbon responded to 127 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
871 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $632K cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 153 | — | |
| 2022 | 162 | +5.9% | |
| 2023 | 184 | +13.6% | |
| 2024 | 245 | +33.2% | |
| 2025 | 127 | -48.2% |
For the 23 building fires Lisbon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 217 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 | 56 | 25.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 54 | 24.9% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Outside area, other | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 36 | 16.6% |
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 Lisbon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 105 | 48.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Match | 27 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 19 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lisbon departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $500 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lisbon sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 936 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 5.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 26.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 11.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 20.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 29 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 17.3 mi |
Top 4 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 Lisbon. 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.