In 2025, fire departments serving Millington responded to 85 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $450K 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 67% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
247 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $2.7M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 69 | — | |
| 2022* | 20 | — | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 68 | — | |
| 2025 | 85 | +25.0% |
* Well below Millington'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 16 building fires Millington departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 95 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 11 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 9 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 8 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 20 | 21.1% |
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 Millington mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 27.4% | |
| 2 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 11 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 8 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 8 | 8.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 10 | 10.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Millington departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $80,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $15,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Millington sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
9 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 4 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,857 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 335 | 22.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 257 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 143 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 116 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 70 | 27.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 64 | 19.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 63 | 22.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 | 26.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 47.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 22.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 51 | 49.8 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 Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Millington. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Millington.
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.