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2025 County Report

Fires in Henry County, OH

In 2025, fire departments serving Henry County responded to 167 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $300K property loss.

15,013 residents FIPS 39069 21 cities · 24 fire depts
Total incidents
167
1,017 across 5 years
Building fires
54
24 wildland
Property loss
$1.7M
$1.0M structure · $632K contents
Casualties
1 / 1
1 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.

167
Total Incidents
Building fires 54 32.3%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 11 6.6%
Carbon monoxide incident 10 6.0%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 9 5.4%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 8 4.8%
All other categories 75 44.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Henry County?

Jun peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 12
Feb 11
Mar 18
Apr 13
May 13
Jun 23
Jul 9
Aug 12
Sep 12
Oct 20
Nov 20
Dec 4
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Henry County

1,017 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 198
2022 221
2023 187
2024 244
2025 167
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 54 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
57%
43
Cause undetermined
15%
11
Intentional / arson
11%
8
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
9
Under investigation
3%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
2%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $845K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Henry County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 82% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $300,000 Liberty Center Building fires Major
2 $150,000 NAPOLEON Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 Deshler Building fires Significant
4 $80,000 Napoleon Building fires Significant
5 $50,000 Napoleon Building fires Significant
6 $50,000 Hamler Building fires Significant
7 $35,000 Napoleon Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $30,000 Deshler Building fires Significant
9 $30,000 Liberty Center Building fires Significant
10 $20,000 Liberty Center Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
06 How Henry County compares

Henry County vs OH vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

11.12
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Henry County
11.12
OH avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
3.6
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Henry County
3.6
OH avg
1.95
US avg
0.82
66.6
Civilian fire deaths per million
Henry County
66.6
OH avg
10.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Henry County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 39069.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Henry County

24 departments report from this county.

NAPOLEON FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 35015 48 incidents 8 paid
FOREST VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
Forest
FDID 33205 34 incidents 2 vol
Hopedale Volunteer Fire Department
—
FDID 34201 32 incidents 2 vol
MCGUFFEY VOL FIRE COMPANY
—
FDID 33233 27 incidents 1 vol
LIBERTYWASHINGTON TWP FIRE
—
FDID 35009 26 incidents 3 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in OH

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 OHOTR-FY19-RX-Blausey Spring 2019 WUI 2019 FWS 125
2 Little Storm Creek 2020 USFS 122
3 GREEN 2015 USFS 109
4 THIRTEEN 2018 USFS 105
5 Terra Vista Prescribe Fire 2021 NPS 79
6 Lawco 2023 USFS 61
7 128 2021 USFS 51
8 FY23 NERI RX Burns 2022 NPS 40
9 Rock Hollow 2023 USFS 29
10 HOADLEY 2018 USFS 24

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.