In 2025, fire departments serving Woodmere responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K 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 91% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
78 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $31K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | 16 | -36.0% | |
| 2025 | 33 | +106.2% |
* Well below Woodmere'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 1 building fires Woodmere departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | Outside area, other | 7 | 36.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 21.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 5.3% |
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 Woodmere mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodmere departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodmere sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 4 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 475 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 | 16.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 25.9 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 Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Woodmere. 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.