In 2025, fire departments serving Springboro responded to 115 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $510K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
549 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 98 | — | |
| 2022 | 118 | +20.4% | |
| 2023 | 119 | +0.8% | |
| 2024 | 99 | -16.8% | |
| 2025 | 115 | +16.2% |
For the 19 building fires Springboro departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 106 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 | 32 | 30.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 11 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 21 | 19.8% |
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 Springboro mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 62.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 8 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Candle | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 6.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Springboro departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $510,400 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Hazardous condition, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Springboro sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 11 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 372 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 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 53 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 38.8 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 Springboro. 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.