In 2025, fire departments serving New Florence responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K 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 67% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
63 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $650K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022* | 4 | — | |
| 2023* | 2 | — | |
| 2024 | 31 | — | |
| 2025 | 24 | -22.6% |
* Well below New Florence'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 0 building fires New Florence departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 24 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 | 8 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 1 | 4.2% |
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 Florence mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 4.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by New Florence departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. New Florence sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,213 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1,050 | 36.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 835 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 685 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 265 | 14.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 235 | 21.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 185 | 9.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 150 | 48.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 49.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 140 | 46.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 40.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 40.6 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 | 63363 | 63 |
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of New Florence. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in New Florence.
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.