In 2025, fire departments serving Shelbina responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
204 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $385K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | 37 | — | |
| 2023 | 57 | +54.1% | |
| 2024 | 48 | -15.8% | |
| 2025 | 40 | -16.7% |
* Well below Shelbina'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 6 building fires Shelbina departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 74 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 | 18 | 24.3% | |
| 2 | Other | 13 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 13.5% | |
| 4 | Function area, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 12.2% |
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 Shelbina mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 47 | 63.5% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 5.4% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Shelbina sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,123 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 835 | 44.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 280 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 240 | 32.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 238 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 | 44.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 196 | 42.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 44.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 140 | 46.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 22.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 107 | 38.7 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 | 63468 | 203 |
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Shelbina. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Shelbina.
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.