In 2025, fire departments serving Magazine responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $110K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Feb peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
76 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $332K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022* | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | 24 | +9.1% | |
| 2025 | 10 | -58.3% |
* Well below Magazine'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 Magazine 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 | 18 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 3.7% |
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 Magazine mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 23 | 85.2% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 3.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Magazine departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $110,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Magazine sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 50,589 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 8,294 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 5,091 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 4,000 | 13.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,800 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,285 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,067 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,014 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,800 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,626 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 1,535 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,530 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 1,435 | 44.6 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 Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Magazine. 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.