In 2025, fire departments serving New Boston responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $2.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. New Boston's departments reported 17 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 33 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
166 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | — | |
| 2022 | 29 | +0.0% | |
| 2023 | 58 | +100.0% | |
| 2024 | 33 | -43.1% | |
| 2025* | 17 | — |
* Well below New Boston'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 2 building fires New Boston departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 34 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 20.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 6 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 14.7% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 17.6% |
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 New Boston mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 13 | 38.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 5 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 4 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 2.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by New Boston departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. New Boston sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,699 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,865 | 14.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1,016 | 14.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 650 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 591 | 30.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 476 | 3.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 7.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 448 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 400 | 4.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 390 | 19.1 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 | 45662 | 166 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of New Boston. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in New Boston.
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.