In 2025, fire departments serving Dermott responded to 57 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 83% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
328 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 26 | — | |
| 2022* | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | 109 | — | |
| 2024 | 109 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 57 | -47.7% |
* Well below Dermott'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 18 building fires Dermott departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 203 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 | 98 | 48.3% | |
| 2 | Other | 20 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 18 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Equipment or service area, other | 16 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Structural area, other | 10 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | Vacant structural area | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 23 | 11.3% |
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 Dermott mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 91 | 44.8% | |
| 2 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 29 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 26 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 15 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 12 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Dermott departments in 2025. These 4 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 |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Dermott sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,826 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,669 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1,806 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,509 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,414 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,013 | 13.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 755 | 28.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 632 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 606 | 13.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 495 | 26.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 468 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 300 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 19.9 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Dermott. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Dermott.
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.