In 2025, fire departments serving Inez responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 88% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
31 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023* | 2 | — | |
| 2024 | 7 | — | |
| 2025 | 17 | +142.9% |
* Well below Inez'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 1 building fires Inez departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 24 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 | 18 | 75.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 3 | Function area, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Vacant structural area | 1 | 4.2% |
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 Inez mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 23 | 95.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Inez sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
16 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 7 | |
| 40-49 | 6 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 84,236 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,000 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,500 | 23.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Fireworks | 4,552 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,070 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,500 | 42.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,475 | 28.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,328 | 45.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,200 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Fireworks | 3,186 | 45.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Fireworks | 3,171 | 49.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,100 | 39.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,082 | 40.7 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 | 41224 | 31 |
Six Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Inez. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Inez.
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.