In 2025, fire departments serving Raymond responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $12K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
78 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $457K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | -30.4% | |
| 2023 | 14 | -12.5% | |
| 2024* | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 16 | — |
* Well below Raymond'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 1 building fires Raymond departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 34.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 18.8% |
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 Raymond mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 21.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 3.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Raymond departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Raymond sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,565 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 20.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 17.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 | 43.9 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 | 62560 | 78 |
Six Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Raymond. 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.