In 2025, fire departments serving Twinsburg responded to 108 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K 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 58% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
710 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $423K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 139 | — | |
| 2022 | 138 | -0.7% | |
| 2023 | 172 | +24.6% | |
| 2024 | 153 | -11.0% | |
| 2025 | 108 | -29.4% |
For the 23 building fires Twinsburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 246 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 66 | 26.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 44 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 54 | 22.0% |
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 Twinsburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 49 | 19.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 40 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 38 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 44 | 17.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Twinsburg departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $300 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Twinsburg sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
7 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 14 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 712 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 12 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 47.9 mi |
Top 5 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 Twinsburg. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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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.