In 2025, fire departments serving Munroe Falls responded to 69 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1K 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 75% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
343 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $338K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | — | |
| 2022 | 69 | +6.2% | |
| 2023 | 68 | -1.4% | |
| 2024 | 72 | +5.9% | |
| 2025 | 69 | -4.2% |
For the 1 building fires Munroe Falls departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 66 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 14 | 21.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 7 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 10.6% |
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 Munroe Falls mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 8 | 12.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 8 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 7.6% | |
| 7 | Match | 5 | 7.6% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 7.6% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 10 | Sunlight | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Munroe Falls departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Munroe Falls sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,059 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 20.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 | 44.7 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 | 44262 | 343 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Munroe Falls. 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.