In 2025, fire departments serving Luthersville responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 91% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
62 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $201K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 23 | — | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 11 | — |
* Well below Luthersville'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 0 building fires Luthersville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 27 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 | 7 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Entrance way, lobby | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 11.1% |
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 Luthersville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 4 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 3.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Luthersville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,480 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 356 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 348 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 341 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 305 | 13.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 256 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 224 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 201 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 46.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 199 | 16.4 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 Georgia cities with population within ±25% of Luthersville. 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.