In 2025, fire departments serving New Bremen responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. New Bremen's departments reported 18 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 32 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Natural vegetation fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
160 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 40 | — | |
| 2023 | 31 | -22.5% | |
| 2024 | 54 | +74.2% | |
| 2025* | 18 | — |
* Well below New Bremen'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 Bremen departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 69 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 | 29 | 42.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 8 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 6 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 8.7% |
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 Bremen mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 37.7% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 6 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 8.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by New Bremen departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. New Bremen sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 3 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 50 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 45.1 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 | 45869 | 160 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of New Bremen. 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.