In 2025, fire departments serving Ravenna 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 78% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
85 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 34 | — | |
| 2023 | 15 | -55.9% | |
| 2024 | 15 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 14 | -6.7% |
* Well below Ravenna'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 6 building fires Ravenna 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 | 9 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Conveyor | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 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 Ravenna mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 4.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Ravenna sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 48,444 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3,500 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,406 | 32.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,000 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,000 | 25.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2,200 | 32.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,100 | 4.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 46.9 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 Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Ravenna. 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.