In 2025, fire departments serving Huguley responded to 22 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
43 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 6 | — | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 22 | +144.4% |
* Well below Huguley'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 6 building fires Huguley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 11 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 | 6 | 54.5% | |
| 2 | Bedroom - 5+ persons; including barrack/dormitory | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 9.1% |
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 Huguley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 45.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Match | 1 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Huguley sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 9,022 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 522 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 504 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 481 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 480 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 465 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 37.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 375 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 356 | 45.7 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 | 36863 | 43 |
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Huguley. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.