In 2025, fire departments serving Shiloh responded to 49 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $75K 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 57% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
268 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $246K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 32 | — | |
| 2022 | 54 | — | |
| 2023 | 77 | +42.6% | |
| 2024 | 56 | -27.3% | |
| 2025 | 49 | -12.5% |
* Well below Shiloh'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 4 building fires Shiloh departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 67 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 20.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 16.4% |
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 Shiloh mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 40.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 15 | 22.4% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 4 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Match | 4 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 6.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Shiloh departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $3,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $250 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Shiloh sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,128 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 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 225 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 150 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 43.3 mi |
Top 2 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 Shiloh. 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.