In 2025, fire departments serving Guin responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
14 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023 | 2 | — | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | — |
* Well below Guin'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 0 building fires Guin departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 5 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 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 20.0% |
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 Guin mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 20.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Guin sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,149 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,003 | 36.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Smoking | 1,620 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,014 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 919 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 706 | 37.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 631 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 608 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 597 | 46.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 575 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 520 | 42.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 505 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 479 | 45.9 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 | 35563 | 14 |
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Guin. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Guin.
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.