Ohio
Ohio tracks civilian fire deaths, but the public county figures are statistically suppressed for small counts, so a complete unsuppressed county series is not publicly available.
Why this state isn't scored
The Fireground Index scores one comparable metric — the civilian fire-death rate — computed from exact per-county death counts and Census population. For Ohio, no public source provides those counts completely and unsuppressed for all 88 counties. Rather than publish estimated, partial, or suppressed figures, the state is shown here transparently.
Sources checked
| Source | What it provides |
|---|---|
| Ohio Dept of Health (ODH) public mortality data | Suppresses county-year counts of 1–4, hiding the majority of Ohio's 88 counties; residence-based. |
| CDC WONDER (ICD-10 X00–X09, by county) | Suppresses counts 1–9 — most Ohio counties blanked. |
| State Fire Marshal / NFIRS | No public per-county civilian fire-death table published. |
What failed the source gate
Every state must clear this public-source standard before it is scored:
- Public & authoritative (a state fire-marshal / fire-agency or primary record)
- County-level (or the jurisdiction's county-equivalents)
- Civilian fire deaths, incident-based (counted where the fire occurred; firefighter line-of-duty excluded)
- Exact counts — not rates, not statistically suppressed small cells
- All counties present, with zero-death counties verifiable (not ambiguous omission)
- A recent 5-year window, or a best-available clearly-labeled window
Not met for Ohio:
- Unsuppressed exact counts
- All 88 counties with verifiable zeros
What data would unlock scoring
An unsuppressed per-county civilian fire-death count series (all 88 counties, recent 5 years), incident-based, with zero-death counties explicit.
Could a records request unlock it?
Likely yes. An ODH data request for an unsuppressed county-level extract (or a State Fire Marshal incident-based county fatality table) would unlock scoring.
Have this data? Help make Ohio scoreable.
If you work with a state fire marshal’s office, fire-service data program, or public-health agency and can share a complete, per-county civilian fire-death dataset, we will evaluate it against the public-source standard and — if it qualifies — publish a fully-cited scorecard for Ohio.
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