In 2025, fire departments serving Miamisburg responded to 194 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. 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 55% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,254 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 216 | — | |
| 2022 | 247 | +14.4% | |
| 2023 | 292 | +18.2% | |
| 2024 | 305 | +4.5% | |
| 2025 | 194 | -36.4% |
For the 24 building fires Miamisburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 422 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 | Outside area, other | 67 | 15.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 45 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 42 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 42 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 40 | 9.5% | |
| 7 | Other | 19 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 93 | 22.0% |
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 Miamisburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 252 | 59.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 20 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Chemical reaction | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 8 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 7 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 44 | 10.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Miamisburg departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Miamisburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
16 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 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 6 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 220 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 43.5 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 Miamisburg. 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.