In 2025, fire departments serving Taylor Mill responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 67% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
144 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 81 | — | |
| 2023 | 32 | -60.5% | |
| 2024* | 5 | — | |
| 2025 | 21 | — |
* Well below Taylor Mill'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 Taylor Mill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 49 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 | Outside area, other | 10 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 14 | 28.6% |
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 Taylor Mill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 30.6% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 4 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 4 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 3 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 6.1% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 6.1% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 8.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Taylor Mill departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Taylor Mill sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,380 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 49.3 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 Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Taylor Mill. 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.