In 2025, fire departments serving Boyle responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $35K 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 71% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
59 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $2.0M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022* | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | 15 | -6.2% | |
| 2025 | 17 | +13.3% |
* Well below Boyle'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 5 building fires Boyle departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 34 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 | 19 | 55.9% | |
| 2 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 8.8% |
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 Boyle mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 79.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Candle | 1 | 2.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Boyle departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $35,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Boyle sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,783 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 468 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 279 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 265 | 34.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 210 | 16.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 190 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 188 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 180 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 175 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 164 | 43.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 160 | 45.1 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 | 38730 | 59 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Boyle. 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.