In 2025, fire departments serving Hollandale responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 85% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
147 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $105K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | — | |
| 2022 | 30 | +7.1% | |
| 2023 | 37 | +23.3% | |
| 2024 | 26 | -29.7% | |
| 2025 | 26 | +0.0% |
For the 8 building fires Hollandale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 72 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 | 39 | 54.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 13.9% |
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 Hollandale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 52 | 72.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 7 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Lightning | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 4.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hollandale departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hollandale sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,477 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,013 | 49.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 473 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 279 | 5.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 265 | 6.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 | 44.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 210 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 205 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 178 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 165 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 164 | 33.2 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 | 38748 | 147 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Hollandale. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hollandale.
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.