In 2025, fire departments serving Springdale responded to 122 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K 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 66% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
805 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 179 | — | |
| 2022 | 176 | -1.7% | |
| 2023 | 144 | -18.2% | |
| 2024 | 184 | +27.8% | |
| 2025 | 122 | -33.7% |
For the 20 building fires Springdale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 246 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 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 58 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 56 | 22.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 41 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Other | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 33 | 13.4% |
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 Springdale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 170 | 69.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 2 | 0.8% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 0.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 2.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Springdale departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $4,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Springdale 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 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 53 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 40.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 | 21.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 | 49.8 mi |
Top 6 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 Springdale. 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.