In 2025, fire departments serving Long Lake responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents . 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 94% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
66 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $180K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | +36.4% | |
| 2023 | 16 | +6.7% | |
| 2024* | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 18 | — |
* Well below Long Lake'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 0 building fires Long Lake 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 | Undetermined | 3 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 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 Long Lake mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 12.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Long Lake sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,545 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8,513 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,550 | 30.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1,299 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,000 | 20.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 420 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 336 | 25.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 320 | 36.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 306 | 23.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 280 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 21.3 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 | 55356 | 66 |
Six Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Long Lake. 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.