In 2025, fire departments serving Osgood responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
87 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $260K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | 36 | +176.9% | |
| 2024 | 19 | -47.2% | |
| 2025 | 12 | -36.8% |
* Well below Osgood'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 Osgood departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 17 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 | Other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Closet | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 17.6% |
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 Osgood mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 10 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Osgood departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Osgood sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,552 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,549 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 11.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 11.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 11.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 10.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 11.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 11.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 16.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 156 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 11.0 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 | 47037 | 87 |
Six Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Osgood. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Osgood.
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.