In 2025, fire departments serving Flippin responded to 31 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K 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 68% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
136 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $318K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | — | |
| 2022 | 38 | +35.7% | |
| 2023* | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | 25 | — | |
| 2025 | 31 | +24.0% |
* Well below Flippin'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 5 building fires Flippin departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 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 | 20 | 62.5% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Function area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 3.1% |
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 Flippin mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 93.8% | |
| 2 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 3 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 3.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Flippin departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $12,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Flippin sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 37,711 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,983 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,471 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,121 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,101 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2,008 | 29.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,653 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 1,631 | 11.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,625 | 29.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,591 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1,470 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,460 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,350 | 11.4 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 Flippin. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Flippin.
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.