In 2025, fire departments serving Roseville responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
62 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $719K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | 22 | +144.4% | |
| 2025 | 30 | +36.4% |
* Well below Roseville'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 Roseville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 22 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 | 11 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Construction/renovation area | 1 | 4.5% |
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 Roseville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 54.5% | |
| 2 | Match | 4 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Roseville departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $90,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $70,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $18,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Roseville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,821 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,200 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 832 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 820 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 630 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 375 | 48.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 333 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 282 | 42.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 250 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 232 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 180 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 174 | 42.7 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 Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Roseville. 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.