In 2025, fire departments serving Sharonville responded to 175 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K 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 67% of all calls.
May peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
998 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 193 | — | |
| 2022 | 212 | +9.8% | |
| 2023 | 212 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 206 | -2.8% | |
| 2025 | 175 | -15.0% |
For the 42 building fires Sharonville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 313 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 | Outside area, other | 58 | 18.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 52 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 21 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 19 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 14 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Other | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 73 | 23.3% |
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 Sharonville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 144 | 46.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 21 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 18 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 34 | 10.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Sharonville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 94% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $26,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $4,700 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $3,700 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sharonville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 23 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 618 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 53 | 27.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 | 22.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 | 47.6 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Sharonville. 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.