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2025 County Report

Fires in Miami County, OH

In 2025, fire departments serving Miami County responded to 644 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $700K property loss.

69,760 residents FIPS 39109 38 cities · 12 fire depts
Total incidents
644
4,281 across 5 years
Building fires
125
62 wildland
Property loss
$2.9M
$2.2M structure · $718K contents
Casualties
3 / 6
3 civ deaths · 2 civ inj · 4 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.

644
Total Incidents
Building fires 125 19.4%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 86 13.4%
Carbon monoxide incident 37 5.7%
Passenger vehicle fire 34 5.3%
Power line down 30 4.7%
All other categories 332 51.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Miami County?

Oct peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 68
Feb 51
Mar 68
Apr 52
May 50
Jun 23
Jul 56
Aug 46
Sep 62
Oct 79
Nov 65
Dec 24
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Miami County

4,281 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 949
2022 1,108
2023 792
2024 788
2025 644
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 125 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
48%
70
Cause undetermined
20%
29
Intentional / arson
10%
14
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
17
Under investigation
9%
13
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.7M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Miami County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 76% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $700,000 PIQUA Building fires Major
2 $250,000 Tipp City Building fires Major
3 $150,000 TROY Building fires Significant
4 $150,000 Bradford Building fires Significant
5 $106,200 PIQUA Building fires Significant
6 $100,000 TROY Building fires Significant
7 $75,000 TROY Building fires Significant
8 $50,000 TROY Building fires Significant
9 $50,000 BETHEL TOWNSHIP Building fires Significant
10 $35,000 STAUNTON TWP Building fires Significant
06 How Miami County compares

Miami County vs OH vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.23
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Miami County
9.23
OH avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
1.79
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Miami County
1.79
OH avg
1.95
US avg
0.82
43
Civilian fire deaths per million
Miami County
43
OH avg
10.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Miami County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 39109.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Miami County

12 departments report from this county.

City of Piqua Fire Department
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FDID 55021 166 incidents 29 paid
TROY FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 55029 121 incidents 41 paid
Tipp City Emergency Services
—
FDID 55027 67 incidents
FLETCHER VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 55211 48 incidents
Covington Fire Rescue Inc
—
FDID 55229 47 incidents
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.