In 2025, fire departments serving Enfield responded to 12 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 58% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
61 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | +100.0% | |
| 2023 | 11 | -38.9% | |
| 2024 | 11 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 12 | +9.1% |
For the 2 building fires Enfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Enfield sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,690 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,030 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,012 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,778 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,521 | 10.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,250 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 274 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Smoking | 274 | 12.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 257 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 254 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 251 | 49.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 230 | 15.9 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six North Carolina cities with population within ±25% of Enfield. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Enfield.
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.