In 2025, fire departments serving Mount Healthy responded to 81 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K 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 58% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
333 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $219K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | 84 | +71.4% | |
| 2023 | 67 | -20.2% | |
| 2024 | 52 | -22.4% | |
| 2025 | 81 | +55.8% |
For the 16 building fires Mount Healthy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 52 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 | 14 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 3 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 17.3% |
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 Mount Healthy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 31 | 59.6% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 3 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Candle | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 1.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mount Healthy departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mount Healthy sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,288 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 49.4 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45231 | 333 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Mount Healthy. 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.