In 2025, fire departments serving Roseville responded to 343 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $310K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,507 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $4.5M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 265 | — | |
| 2022 | 276 | +4.2% | |
| 2023 | 290 | +5.1% | |
| 2024 | 333 | +14.8% | |
| 2025 | 343 | +3.0% |
For the 58 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 184 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 46 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 25 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 11 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 46 | 25.0% |
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 Roseville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 74 | 40.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 15 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 23 | 12.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Roseville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 81% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $310,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $220,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Roseville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
12 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 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,147 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8,513 | 20.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,550 | 18.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1,299 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,000 | 13.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 420 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 336 | 20.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 320 | 44.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 306 | 18.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 280 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 260 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 10.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 248 | 22.6 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Minnesota 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.