In 2025, fire departments serving Preble responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $17K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
60 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $36K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | 11 | +10.0% | |
| 2024 | 23 | +109.1% | |
| 2025 | 11 | -52.2% |
* Well below Preble'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 Preble departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Preble departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $17,000 | Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Preble sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,575 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 694 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 24.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 85 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 53 | 43.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 15.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 37.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 22.7 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 48.1 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 | 13141 | 60 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Preble. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Preble.
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.