In 2025, fire departments serving Grenada responded to 211 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $175K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 54% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,272 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $5.9M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 218 | — | |
| 2022 | 202 | -7.3% | |
| 2023 | 337 | +66.8% | |
| 2024 | 304 | -9.8% | |
| 2025 | 211 | -30.6% |
For the 25 building fires Grenada departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 391 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 | 158 | 40.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 60 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 15 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 8 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 7 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 88 | 22.5% |
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 Grenada mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 256 | 65.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 32 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 18 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 1.3% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 5 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 5 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 26 | 6.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Grenada departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 73% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Grenada sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
17 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 6 | |
| 30-39 | 5 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 14,507 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,208 | 45.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 750 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 720 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 626 | 11.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 583 | 19.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 485 | 23.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 475 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 23.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 18.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 390 | 37.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 360 | 12.4 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Grenada. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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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.