In 2025, fire departments serving Ossineke responded to 12 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 83% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
49 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $175K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | — | |
| 2022* | 3 | — | |
| 2023 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | 7 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 12 | +71.4% |
* Well below Ossineke'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 Ossineke 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 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 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 Ossineke mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Incendiary device | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 12.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Ossineke sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 17,541 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5,818 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 5,200 | 38.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,035 | 36.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 840 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 820 | 40.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Natural | 687 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 531 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 472 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 270 | 29.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 239 | 21.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 209 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 199 | 49.6 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Ossineke. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Ossineke.
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.