ZIP 44691 recorded 230 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,350 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, OH.
1,350 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 269 | |
| 2022 | 287 | |
| 2023 | 319 | |
| 2024 | 245 | |
| 2025 | 230 |
May peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 44691 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 247 | 18.3% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 182 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 165 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 103 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 71 | 5.3% |
For the 37 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 44691 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 163 | 37.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 40 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 37 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 30 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 10 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 97 | 22.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 248 | 57.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 18 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 11 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 66 | 15.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 44691 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 207% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $252,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 44691.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wooster | 1,296 | |
| 2 | Millersburg | 2 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,350 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.