In 2025, fire departments serving Jonesville responded to 30 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 77% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
172 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | — | |
| 2022 | 35 | +6.1% | |
| 2023 | 41 | +17.1% | |
| 2024 | 33 | -19.5% | |
| 2025 | 30 | -9.1% |
For the 13 building fires Jonesville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 50.0% |
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 Jonesville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 16.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Jonesville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 14,259 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 3,696 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Smoking | 1,509 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,450 | 41.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 800 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 737 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 730 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 675 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 484 | 15.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 457 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Other causes | 430 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 363 | 28.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 310 | 20.0 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six North Carolina cities with population within ±25% of Jonesville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Jonesville.
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.