In 2025, fire departments serving Roseland responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $15K 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 70% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
25 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $37K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 4 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | +125.0% | |
| 2025 | 10 | +11.1% |
* Well below Roseland'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 3 building fires Roseland 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 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | 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 Roseland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Incendiary device | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Lightning | 1 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Roseland departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Roseland sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 15 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 293 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 46.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 | 49.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 16 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 26.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 | 25.5 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 Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Roseland. 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.