In 2025, fire departments serving Badin responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $87K 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 87% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
80 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $159K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | 12 | -40.0% | |
| 2023 | 17 | +41.7% | |
| 2024 | 16 | -5.9% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -6.2% |
For the 6 building fires Badin departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 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 | 15 | 46.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Interior stairway or ramp | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Structural area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 18.8% |
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 Badin mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 25 | 78.1% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 1 | 3.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Badin departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $87,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Badin sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,760 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,358 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,181 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 969 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 697 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 586 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 547 | 46.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 500 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 454 | 43.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 450 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 450 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 431 | 45.8 mi |
Top 3 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 Badin. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.