In 2025, fire departments serving Eutaw responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
May peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
89 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $941K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022 | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | -29.6% | |
| 2024 | 19 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 24 | +26.3% |
* Well below Eutaw'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 3 building fires Eutaw departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 53 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 | 24 | 45.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 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 Eutaw mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 33 | 62.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 1.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Eutaw departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 92% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $45,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $35,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $13,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eutaw sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 16,858 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,925 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,262 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 892 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 823 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 721 | 25.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 525 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 475 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 425 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 420 | 1.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 413 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 413 | 26.2 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 Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Eutaw. 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.