In 2025, fire departments serving Webberville responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
63 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | +7.1% | |
| 2023* | 6 | — | |
| 2024* | 7 | — | |
| 2025 | 21 | — |
* Well below Webberville'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 3 building fires Webberville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 20 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 5.0% |
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 Webberville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 5.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Webberville departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $9,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $8,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Webberville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,727 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 191 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 143 | 4.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 142 | 11.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 105 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 13.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 98 | 33.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 24.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 14.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 | 3.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61 | 38.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 10.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 51 | 4.6 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 Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Webberville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Webberville.
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.