In 2025, fire departments serving Leroy responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Natural vegetation fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
43 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $558K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | 18 | +100.0% | |
| 2025 | 11 | -38.9% |
* Well below Leroy'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 4 building fires Leroy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | 8 | 61.5% | |
| 2 | Other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Wall assembly | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Leroy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 69.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Lightning | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Leroy departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Leroy sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,627 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,332 | 11.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,858 | 45.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1,280 | 14.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,100 | 21.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 1,100 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 766 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 738 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 700 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 660 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 595 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 560 | 39.6 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 | 36548 | 43 |
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Leroy. 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.