In 2025, fire departments serving Greenbrier responded to 81 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $35K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
461 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.6M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 125 | — | |
| 2022 | 83 | -33.6% | |
| 2023 | 93 | +12.0% | |
| 2024 | 79 | -15.1% | |
| 2025 | 81 | +2.5% |
For the 11 building fires Greenbrier departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 121 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 | 49 | 40.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 18 | 14.9% |
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 Greenbrier mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 88 | 72.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Conducted heat from another fire | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 4.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Greenbrier departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $35,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $3,500 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $250 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Greenbrier sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 29,936 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 5,091 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,983 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,779 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,653 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,591 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 24.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,401 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,052 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,014 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,004 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 954 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 850 | 47.9 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 Greenbrier. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Greenbrier.
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.