In 2025, fire departments serving Angier responded to 157 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $90K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
974 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $592K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 210 | — | |
| 2022 | 271 | +29.0% | |
| 2023 | 180 | -33.6% | |
| 2024 | 156 | -13.3% | |
| 2025 | 157 | +0.6% |
For the 23 building fires Angier departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 369 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 92 | 24.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 63 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 50 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Other | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 57 | 15.4% |
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 Angier mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 189 | 51.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 23 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 17 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 16 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 13 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 13 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Match | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 38 | 10.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Angier departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $90,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $7,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $2,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Angier sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 16,284 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Natural | 5,438 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,778 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,164 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 24.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 550 | 28.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 500 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 500 | 29.3 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 410 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 400 | 23.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 364 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 339 | 15.0 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six North Carolina cities with population within ±25% of Angier. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Angier.
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.