In 2025, fire departments serving Wayne County responded to 692 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $600K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 54% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
4,113 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 892 | |
| 2022 | 789 | |
| 2023 | 908 | |
| 2024 | 832 | |
| 2025 | 692 |
For the 134 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Wayne County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 74% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | CHESTER TWP | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | WOOSTER | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $206,670 | MARSHALLVILLE | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | FREDERICKSBURG | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Creston | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | WOOSTER TWP | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Creston | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Smithville | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $100,000 | Marshallville | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $50,000 | Apple Creek | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 39169.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Wooster | 27,021 | View › |
| Orrville | 8,304 | View › |
| Rittman | 6,058 | View › |
| Doylestown | 3,049 | View › |
| Creston | 2,072 | View › |
| Dalton | 1,703 | View › |
| Shreve | 1,680 | View › |
| West Salem | 1,528 | View › |
| Smithville | 1,357 | View › |
| Apple Creek | 1,089 | View › |
| Kidron | 1,001 | View › |
| Marshallville | 776 | View › |
16 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.