In 2025, fire departments serving Xenia responded to 297 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $107K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,754 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $8.9M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 304 | — | |
| 2022 | 298 | -2.0% | |
| 2023 | 355 | +19.1% | |
| 2024 | 500 | +40.8% | |
| 2025 | 297 | -40.6% |
For the 59 building fires Xenia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 306 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 | 50 | 16.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 48 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 44 | 14.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 34 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 71 | 23.2% |
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 Xenia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 140 | 45.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 27 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 17 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 37 | 12.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Xenia departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 81% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $107,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $57,250 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Xenia sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
26 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 3 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 7 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 6 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 13 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 345 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 21.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 | 45.1 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 | 45385 | 1,754 |
Six Ohio cities with population within ±25% of Xenia. 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.