In 2025, fire departments serving Andrews responded to 22 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
87 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | +5.6% | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 28 | — | |
| 2025 | 22 | -21.4% |
* Well below Andrews's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 1 building fires Andrews departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 43 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 30.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 9 | 20.9% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 11.6% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Andrews mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 62.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Lightning | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 4.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Andrews sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
7 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 135,566 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Natural | 27,870 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 24,725 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 17,140 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,641 | 15.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 9,036 | 13.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,788 | 14.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,580 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,422 | 16.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,231 | 12.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,200 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,307 | 38.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,048 | 36.3 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28901 | 87 |
Six North Carolina cities with population within ±25% of Andrews. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Andrews.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 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. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.