In 2025, fire departments serving Mansfield responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 58% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
98 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | 21 | +40.0% | |
| 2024 | 27 | +28.6% | |
| 2025 | 26 | -3.7% |
* Well below Mansfield'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 Mansfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 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 | 12 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 6.2% |
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 Mansfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 7 | 21.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 18.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 3.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mansfield departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mansfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 975 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 | 100 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 | 18.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 18.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 | 18.3 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 | 61854 | 98 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Mansfield. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Mansfield.
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.