In 2025, fire departments serving Danville responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $6K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 92% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
66 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $369K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | — | |
| 2022* | 4 | — | |
| 2023 | 15 | — | |
| 2024 | 25 | +66.7% | |
| 2025 | 12 | -52.0% |
* Well below Danville'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 1 building fires Danville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 24.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 4.0% |
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 Danville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 44.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Match | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 4.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Danville departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Danville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 38,995 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 8,294 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 5,091 | 24.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 4,000 | 13.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,067 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,014 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 1,535 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 1,435 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,401 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 1,049 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,014 | 12.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1,001 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 960 | 33.4 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 | 72833 | 66 |
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Danville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Danville.
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.