In 2025, fire departments serving Mishicot responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $75K 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 79% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
89 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $76K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 25 | +47.1% | |
| 2023* | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | 14 | — | |
| 2025 | 24 | +71.4% |
* Well below Mishicot'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 9 building fires Mishicot departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 28 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 | 5 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Structural area, other | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Other | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 21.4% |
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 Mishicot mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mishicot departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mishicot sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 865 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 215 | 46.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 100 | 45.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 56 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 41 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 35 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 | 30.8 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 17.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 | 25.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Smoking | 18 | 38.7 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 Wisconsin cities with population within ±25% of Mishicot. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Mishicot.
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.