In 2025, fire departments serving Crenshaw responded to 20 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 85% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
99 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $503K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | -27.3% | |
| 2023 | 30 | +87.5% | |
| 2024* | 11 | — | |
| 2025 | 20 | — |
* Well below Crenshaw'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 7 building fires Crenshaw departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 22 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 | 86.4% | |
| 2 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 4.5% |
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 Crenshaw mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Crenshaw sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,308 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,826 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 | 25.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,092 | 44.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 891 | 40.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 40.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 770 | 43.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 750 | 10.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 720 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 637 | 6.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 636 | 34.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 583 | 37.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 | 34.2 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 | 38621 | 99 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Crenshaw. 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.