In 2025, fire departments serving Holly Springs responded to 179 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $120K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,026 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $3.6M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 237 | — | |
| 2022* | 86 | — | |
| 2023 | 278 | — | |
| 2024 | 246 | -11.5% | |
| 2025 | 179 | -27.2% |
* Well below Holly Springs'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 26 building fires Holly Springs departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 334 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 | 192 | 57.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 5 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 40 | 12.0% |
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 Holly Springs mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 251 | 75.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 16 | 4.8% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 1.8% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 6 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 6 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 4 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 3 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 16 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Holly Springs departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 93% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $120,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $40,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Holly Springs sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,641 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,826 | 20.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 | 22.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,130 | 6.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,092 | 13.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,007 | 10.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,005 | 15.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 | 20.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 891 | 14.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 7.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 770 | 3.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 750 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 720 | 32.7 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 Holly Springs. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Holly Springs.
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.