In 2025, fire departments serving Rose Hill responded to 61 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $497K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
391 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $3.1M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 77 | — | |
| 2022 | 99 | +28.6% | |
| 2023 | 77 | -22.2% | |
| 2024 | 77 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 61 | -20.8% |
For the 9 building fires Rose Hill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 162 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 80 | 49.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 11 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 26 | 16.0% |
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 Rose Hill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 22.8% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 16 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 12 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Fireworks | 8 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Radiated heat from another fire | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 24 | 14.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Rose Hill departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $496,730 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,000 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,130 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $200 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rose Hill sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 140,535 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,650 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,700 | 21.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,800 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6,400 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,500 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,945 | 46.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 3,800 | 32.3 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 Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Rose Hill. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Rose Hill.
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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.