In 2025, fire departments serving Brundidge responded to 25 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
84 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $711K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | 14 | -22.2% | |
| 2023 | 18 | +28.6% | |
| 2024* | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 25 | — |
* Well below Brundidge'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 Brundidge departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | 8 | 42.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 5.3% |
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 Brundidge mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 63.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Brundidge departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Brundidge sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,152 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,005 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 678 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 566 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 504 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 480 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 476 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 471 | 18.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 465 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 47.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 387 | 42.3 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 Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Brundidge. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Brundidge.
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.