In 2025, fire departments serving Greenwood responded to 96 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $368K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
477 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $2.7M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 100 | — | |
| 2022 | 116 | +16.0% | |
| 2023 | 88 | -24.1% | |
| 2024 | 77 | -12.5% | |
| 2025 | 96 | +24.7% |
For the 9 building fires Greenwood departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 219 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 58 | 26.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 46 | 21.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 14 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 44 | 20.1% |
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 Greenwood mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 48 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 37 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 17 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 10 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 40 | 18.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Greenwood departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $367,680 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $33,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $16,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $12,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $9,999 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Greenwood sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
7 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 54,100 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,370 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 4,000 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,800 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,285 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,240 | 36.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,770 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,700 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,400 | 29.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2,135 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,108 | 38.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2,085 | 38.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,920 | 36.7 mi |
Top 4 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 Greenwood. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Greenwood.
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.