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In 2025, fire departments serving Littlerock responded to 142 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $260K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Attempted burning, illegal action, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
411 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $3.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | — | |
| 2022* | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | 61 | — | |
| 2024 | 131 | +114.8% | |
| 2025 | 142 | +8.4% |
* Well below Littlerock'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 7 building fires Littlerock departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 123 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 | 36 | 29.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 9 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 6 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 6 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 24 | 19.5% |
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 Littlerock mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 57 | 46.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 14 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 13 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Candle | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 6.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Littlerock departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $260,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $250,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $29,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $9,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Littlerock sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,348,497 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 162,702 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 160,371 | 22.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 19.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 63,720 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 45,300 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 20.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 23.0 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 California cities with population within ±25% of Littlerock. 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.