In 2025, fire departments serving Centreville responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K 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 77% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
46 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $30K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023* | 4 | — | |
| 2024 | 29 | — | |
| 2025 | 13 | -55.2% |
* Well below Centreville'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 Centreville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 20 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 | 13 | 65.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.0% |
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 Centreville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 75.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Centreville departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Centreville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 17,358 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4,110 | 22.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4,109 | 42.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 623 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 622 | 43.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 570 | 9.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 491 | 13.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 453 | 16.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 408 | 13.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 35.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 365 | 19.3 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 | 39631 | 46 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Centreville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Centreville.
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.