In 2025, fire departments serving Lineville responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $240K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
59 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $680K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 9 | — | |
| 2023* | 4 | — | |
| 2024 | 24 | — | |
| 2025 | 21 | -12.5% |
* Well below Lineville'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 Lineville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 26 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 | 11 | 42.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 4 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 3.8% |
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 Lineville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 61.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 3.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lineville departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $240,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $240,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lineville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 31,856 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,321 | 42.8 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,108 | 8.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3,000 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,229 | 12.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 1,800 | 47.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,540 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,350 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 1,100 | 48.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,078 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,066 | 23.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 988 | 10.7 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Lineville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lineville.
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.