In 2025, fire departments serving New Springfield responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
44 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | -38.5% | |
| 2023* | 3 | — | |
| 2024 | 7 | — | |
| 2025 | 13 | +85.7% |
* Well below New Springfield'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 7 building fires New Springfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 5 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 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 1 | 20.0% |
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 Springfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Sunlight | 1 | 20.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. New Springfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,373 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 342 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 17.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 39.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 46.4 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 | 44443 | 44 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of New Springfield. 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.