In 2025, fire departments serving Trimble responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
23 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $18K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023 | 3 | — | |
| 2024 | 5 | +66.7% | |
| 2025 | 11 | +120.0% |
* Well below Trimble'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 1 building fires Trimble departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9 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 | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 1 | 11.1% |
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 Trimble mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 55.6% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Lightning | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Trimble departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Trimble sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,091 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 | 902 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 900 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 667 | 24.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 600 | 36.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 28.9 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 Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Trimble. 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.