In 2025, fire departments serving Roxana responded to 54 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 43% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
142 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $442K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | 25 | +31.6% | |
| 2024 | 31 | +24.0% | |
| 2025 | 54 | +74.2% |
* Well below Roxana'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 Roxana departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 49 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 | 10 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 9 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 5 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 10.2% |
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 Roxana mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 61.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 3 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 2.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Roxana departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $8,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $6,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $250 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Roxana sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,032 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,475 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 225 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 150 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 16.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 42.3 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 Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Roxana. 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.