In 2025, fire departments serving Roaming Shores responded to 12 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 100% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
58 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $2K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | -50.0% | |
| 2023* | 4 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 12 | +33.3% |
* Well below Roaming Shores'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 Roaming Shores departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9 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 | Outside area, other | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Wall assembly | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 11.1% |
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 Roaming Shores mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 44.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Roaming Shores sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 10 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 618 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 27.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 48.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 21 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 16.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 18 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 16 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 12 | 39.0 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Roaming Shores. 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.