In 2025, fire departments serving Logan responded to 229 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 66% of all calls.
May peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,330 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $762K cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 237 | — | |
| 2022 | 282 | +19.0% | |
| 2023 | 320 | +13.5% | |
| 2024 | 262 | -18.1% | |
| 2025 | 229 | -12.6% |
For the 63 building fires Logan departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 311 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 | Undetermined | 64 | 20.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 37 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 34 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 30 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 14 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 6 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 78 | 25.1% |
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 Logan mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 168 | 54.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 18 | 5.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 27 | 8.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Logan departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $92,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $65,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $31,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $29,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Logan sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
7 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,143 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 355 | 21.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 19.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 137 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 131 | 16.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 128 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Smoking | 100 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 53 | 10.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 40.2 mi |
Top 5 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 Logan. 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.