In 2025, fire departments serving Ozawkie responded to 14 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 64% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
82 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | 17 | -37.0% | |
| 2024 | 16 | -5.9% | |
| 2025 | 14 | -12.5% |
* Well below Ozawkie'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 Ozawkie departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 21 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 | 10 | 47.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 5 | 23.8% | |
| 3 | Storage area, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 4.8% |
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 Ozawkie mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 76.2% | |
| 2 | Match | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 4.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Ozawkie sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 47,487 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,000 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,000 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,800 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1,700 | 27.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,600 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1,500 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1,250 | 25.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 | 38.3 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 | 66070 | 82 |
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Ozawkie. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Ozawkie.
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.