In 2025, fire departments serving Sebree responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 100% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
75 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $233K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 27 | +58.8% | |
| 2023 | 17 | -37.0% | |
| 2024* | 4 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | — |
* Well below Sebree'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 5 building fires Sebree departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 20 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 | 8 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Multiple areas | 1 | 5.0% |
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 Sebree mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 85.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Match | 1 | 5.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Sebree departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sebree sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,436 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,400 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,050 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 570 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 517 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 356 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 27.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 37.6 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42455 | 75 |
Six Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Sebree. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Sebree.
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.