In 2025, fire departments serving Stockport responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $24K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
97 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $59K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | -45.8% | |
| 2023* | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | 22 | — | |
| 2025 | 30 | +36.4% |
* Well below Stockport'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 7 building fires Stockport departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 29 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 | 62.1% | |
| 2 | Structural area, other | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Function area, other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 3.4% |
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 Stockport mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 75.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Stockport departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $24,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $8,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,860 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Stockport sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,914 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 147 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 131 | 34.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 125 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 | 34.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 21.6 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 58 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 55 | 47.7 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 Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Stockport. 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.