In 2025, fire departments serving Troy responded to 167 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $650K 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.
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,007 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $7.4M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 233 | — | |
| 2022 | 202 | -13.3% | |
| 2023 | 225 | +11.4% | |
| 2024 | 180 | -20.0% | |
| 2025 | 167 | -7.2% |
For the 43 building fires Troy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 411 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 | 163 | 39.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 45 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 29 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 11 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 71 | 17.3% |
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 Troy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 293 | 71.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 3.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 2.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat source: other | 8 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 24 | 5.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Troy departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 87% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $650,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Troy sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,746 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,475 | 26.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1,050 | 24.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 835 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 685 | 37.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 360 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 265 | 21.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 235 | 46.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 185 | 27.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 45.8 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 140 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 140 | 36.9 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 Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Troy. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Troy.
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.