In 2025, fire departments serving Remington responded to 30 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 63% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
109 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | 40 | +150.0% | |
| 2025 | 30 | -25.0% |
* Well below Remington'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 5 building fires Remington departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 26 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 | 12 | 46.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 30.8% | |
| 3 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 3.8% |
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 Remington mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 65.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Remington sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 9 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 230 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 | 100 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 | 31.8 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 | 47977 | 109 |
Six Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Remington. 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.