In 2025, fire departments serving Mansfield responded to 105 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $120K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
490 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $3.8M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 92 | — | |
| 2022 | 135 | +46.7% | |
| 2023 | 99 | -26.7% | |
| 2024 | 59 | -40.4% | |
| 2025 | 105 | +78.0% |
For the 10 building fires Mansfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 279 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 | 134 | 48.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 24 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Other | 21 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 14 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 34 | 12.2% |
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 Mansfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 169 | 60.6% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 26 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 20 | 7.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mansfield departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 96% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $120,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $55,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $25,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Natural vegetation fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mansfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,432 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 | 4,969 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,465 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,254 | 34.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 906 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 39.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 580 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 557 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 347 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 345 | 40.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 335 | 43.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 334 | 44.0 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 47.1 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Louisiana cities with population within ±25% of Mansfield. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Mansfield.
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.