In 2025, fire departments serving Woodhaven responded to 100 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $55K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
392 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | 80 | +63.3% | |
| 2023 | 94 | +17.5% | |
| 2024 | 69 | -26.6% | |
| 2025 | 100 | +44.9% |
For the 5 building fires Woodhaven departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 90 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 | 16 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 10 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 10 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 21 | 23.3% |
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 Woodhaven mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 31.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 7.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodhaven departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $55,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $42,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $14,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $12,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Water vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodhaven sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,214 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 300 | 8.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 47.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 98 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 18.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 77 | 19.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 69 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 | 6.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 38 | 35.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 | 35.4 mi |
Top 4 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 Woodhaven. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Woodhaven.
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.