In 2025, fire departments serving West Mansfield responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
124 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $910K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 41 | — | |
| 2023 | 15 | -63.4% | |
| 2024 | 30 | +100.0% | |
| 2025 | 26 | -13.3% |
* Well below West Mansfield'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 West Mansfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 41 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 6 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 6 | 14.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Vacant structural area | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 19.5% |
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 West Mansfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 41.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Match | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 12.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by West Mansfield departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Rail vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. West Mansfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 3 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 372 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 332 | 22.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 33.3 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43358 | 124 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of West Mansfield. 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.