In 2025, fire departments serving Eva responded to 35 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $7K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 92% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
94 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $7K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | 18 | +12.5% | |
| 2024 | 16 | -11.1% | |
| 2025 | 35 | +118.8% |
* Well below Eva'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 9 building fires Eva departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 43 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 | Outside area, other | 21 | 48.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 8 | 18.6% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 14.0% | |
| 4 | Structural area, other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Shipping/receiving area; loading area, dock or bay | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 2.3% |
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 Eva mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 65.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 2.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Eva departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,500 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eva sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,778 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,003 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,308 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,163 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,014 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 919 | 23.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 890 | 25.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 706 | 49.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 700 | 46.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 575 | 31.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 510 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 510 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 479 | 24.9 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 | 35621 | 94 |
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Eva. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Eva.
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.