In 2025, fire departments serving Mansfield responded to 763 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $158K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
3,891 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $9.0M cumulative property loss. 6 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 765 | — | |
| 2022 | 831 | +8.6% | |
| 2023 | 613 | -26.2% | |
| 2024 | 919 | +49.9% | |
| 2025 | 763 | -17.0% |
For the 76 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 857 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 | 133 | 15.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 90 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 89 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 85 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 69 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 29 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 28 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 27 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 24 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 21 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 262 | 30.6% |
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 | Undetermined | 381 | 44.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 80 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 54 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 44 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 44 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 34 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 29 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 25 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 22 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 21 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 123 | 14.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mansfield departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 62% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $158,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $143,050 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $45,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $28,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mansfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
66 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 | 5 | |
| 30-39 | 5 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 14 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 22 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,003 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 332 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 171 | 12.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 14.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 15.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 19.8 mi |
Top 8 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 Mansfield. 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.