In 2025, fire departments serving Lodi responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
229 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | — | |
| 2022 | 43 | -6.5% | |
| 2023 | 82 | +90.7% | |
| 2024* | 24 | — | |
| 2025 | 34 | — |
* Well below Lodi'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 4 building fires Lodi departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 55 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 | 22 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 10 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 5 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Other | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 9.1% |
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 Lodi mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 6 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Candle | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 10.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lodi departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $200 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lodi sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,803 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,400 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,100 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,100 | 35.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,015 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 829 | 47.6 mi | |
| 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 630 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 617 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 612 | 42.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 580 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 572 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 15.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 484 | 23.5 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 Wisconsin cities with population within ±25% of Lodi. 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.