In 2025, fire departments serving Vienna responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
119 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | — | |
| 2022* | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | 28 | — | |
| 2024 | 38 | +35.7% | |
| 2025 | 28 | -26.3% |
* Well below Vienna'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 Vienna departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 18 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 | 5 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Storage area, other | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.6% |
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 Vienna mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 77.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Vienna departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,500 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Vienna sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,318 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 569 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 409 | 33.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 245 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 227 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 225 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 221 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 4.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 177 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 176 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 | 20.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 37.5 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 Illinois cities with population within ±25% of Vienna. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Vienna.
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.