In 2025, fire departments serving Standish responded to 68 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
323 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 122 | — | |
| 2022 | 63 | -48.4% | |
| 2023* | 31 | — | |
| 2024 | 39 | — | |
| 2025 | 68 | +74.4% |
* Well below Standish'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 8 building fires Standish departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 55 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 | 26 | 47.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 4 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 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 Standish mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 44 | 80.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 5.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 1.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Standish sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 31,081 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8,586 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5,818 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 5,200 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,557 | 36.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,238 | 38.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,035 | 44.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 840 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 820 | 41.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 778 | 37.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Natural | 687 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 531 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 472 | 48.2 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Standish. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Standish.
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.