In 2025, fire departments serving Lizton responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Road freight or transport vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
65 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $84K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | 11 | -8.3% | |
| 2024 | 8 | -27.3% | |
| 2025 | 30 | +275.0% |
* Well below Lizton'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 2 building fires Lizton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 8 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 12.5% |
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 Lizton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 12.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lizton departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lizton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 5 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,925 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,549 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 156 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 | 34.8 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 Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Lizton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lizton.
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.