In 2025, fire departments serving Foxworth responded to 36 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $60K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
Sep peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
126 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $210K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | 28 | +55.6% | |
| 2024 | 42 | +50.0% | |
| 2025 | 36 | -14.3% |
* Well below Foxworth'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 8 building fires Foxworth departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 36 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 | 16 | 44.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 8.3% |
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 Foxworth mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 61.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Pipe or cigar | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 2.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Foxworth departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Foxworth sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 55,009 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,717 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,300 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,964 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 3,684 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,180 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,857 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,640 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,442 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,354 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,174 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,135 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 2,063 | 47.4 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 | 39483 | 126 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Foxworth. 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.