In 2025, fire departments serving Lusby responded to 132 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
May peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
692 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 112 | — | |
| 2022 | 147 | +31.2% | |
| 2023 | 132 | -10.2% | |
| 2024 | 169 | +28.0% | |
| 2025 | 132 | -21.9% |
For the 27 building fires Lusby departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 88 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 | 45 | 51.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 10.2% |
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 Lusby mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 67 | 76.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lusby departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lusby sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 33,206 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3,208 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,910 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,124 | 24.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,066 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,800 | 26.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,756 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,700 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,596 | 21.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,580 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,367 | 21.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,238 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,057 | 24.5 mi |
Top 7 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Maryland cities with population within ±25% of Lusby. 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.