In 2025, fire departments serving Leland responded to 36 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $190K 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 83% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
68 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $431K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023* | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | 15 | — | |
| 2025 | 36 | +140.0% |
* Well below Leland'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 Leland departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 35 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 | 15 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - 5+ persons; including barrack/dormitory | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Wall assembly | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 2.9% |
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 Leland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 25 | 71.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 2.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Leland departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $190,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $19,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $14,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $7,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Leland sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,195 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 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 606 | 45.8 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 473 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 468 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 279 | 16.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 265 | 16.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 210 | 7.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 205 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 188 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 179 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 178 | 40.2 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 | 38756 | 68 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Leland. 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.