In 2025, fire departments serving Loami responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $375K 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 100% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
37 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $425K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 9 | +12.5% | |
| 2023 | 8 | -11.1% | |
| 2024* | 2 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | — |
* Well below Loami'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 5 building fires Loami departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 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 | Structural area, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
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 Loami mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 50.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Loami departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $375,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Loami sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,923 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 375 | 49.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 250 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 20.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 23.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 19.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 | 17.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 22.2 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 | 62661 | 37 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Loami. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Loami.
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.