In 2025, fire departments serving Hapeville responded to 75 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 61% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
391 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.1M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | — | |
| 2022 | 85 | +41.7% | |
| 2023 | 99 | +16.5% | |
| 2024 | 72 | -27.3% | |
| 2025 | 75 | +4.2% |
For the 2 building fires Hapeville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 80 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 28.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 8 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 16 | 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 Hapeville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 31 | 38.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 6 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 13.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hapeville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $8,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $800 | Natural vegetation fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hapeville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,669 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 519 | 38.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 347 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 307 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 305 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 305 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 234 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 167 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 160 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 158 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 147 | 39.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 141 | 36.6 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 | 30354 | 391 |
Six Georgia cities with population within ±25% of Hapeville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hapeville.
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.