In 2025, fire departments serving Osseo responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 88% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
92 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $24K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | 26 | +30.0% | |
| 2023* | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | 19 | — | |
| 2025 | 17 | -10.5% |
* Well below Osseo'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 3 building fires Osseo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 8 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 | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 12.5% |
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 Osseo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 12.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Osseo sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,930 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8,513 | 18.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,550 | 18.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1,299 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,000 | 22.0 mi | |
| 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 835 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 420 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 336 | 13.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 320 | 31.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 306 | 11.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 280 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 260 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 9.7 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 Minnesota cities with population within ±25% of Osseo. 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.