In 2025, fire departments serving Milan responded to 38 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $60K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Milan's departments reported 38 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 133 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
666 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $422K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 211 | — | |
| 2022 | 200 | -5.2% | |
| 2023 | 117 | -41.5% | |
| 2024 | 100 | -14.5% | |
| 2025* | 38 | — |
* Well below Milan'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 7 building fires Milan departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 96 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 | 27 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Exterior, exposed surface | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 22 | 22.9% |
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 Milan mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Match | 7 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 16 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Milan departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1 | Commercial Compactor fire, confined to rubbish | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Milan sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 61,491 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Natural | 15,850 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 9,338 | 13.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8,595 | 14.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 5,162 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 3,473 | 13.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,382 | 14.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 2,100 | 21.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 2,075 | 19.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 1,276 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 1,200 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 1,003 | 18.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 957 | 38.1 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of Milan. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Milan.
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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.