In 2025, fire departments serving Orangeville responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
88 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | 28 | +40.0% | |
| 2024 | 17 | -39.3% | |
| 2025 | 17 | +0.0% |
* Well below Orangeville'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 5 building fires Orangeville 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Wall assembly | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 29.2% |
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 Orangeville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Orangeville departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Orangeville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,190 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,100 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 617 | 14.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 580 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 16.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 265 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Smoking | 169 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 125 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 100 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 | 48.5 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Orangeville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Orangeville.
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.