In 2025, fire departments serving Oreana responded to 24 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 67% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
92 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $20K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | 20 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 18 | -10.0% | |
| 2025 | 24 | +33.3% |
* Well below Oreana'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 Oreana departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | 11 | 44.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 4.0% |
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 Oreana mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 36.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Other static discharge | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 4.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Oreana sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,233 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 23.1 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 Oreana. 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.