In 2025, fire departments serving Brooksville responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
85 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $308K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022* | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | 26 | +18.2% | |
| 2025 | 18 | -30.8% |
* Well below Brooksville'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 4 building fires Brooksville 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 | 14 | 41.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 29.4% | |
| 3 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Multiple areas | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 2.9% |
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 Brooksville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 55.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 5 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 2.9% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Brooksville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,110 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 892 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 823 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 700 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 475 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 472 | 46.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 470 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 420 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 420 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 403 | 28.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 390 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 374 | 38.9 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 | 39739 | 85 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Brooksville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Brooksville.
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.