In 2025, fire departments serving Marianna responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $60K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Marianna's departments reported 21 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 39 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Fires in structures other than in a building lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 81% of all calls.
May peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
194 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | — | |
| 2022 | 42 | +40.0% | |
| 2023 | 57 | +35.7% | |
| 2024 | 44 | -22.8% | |
| 2025* | 21 | — |
* Well below Marianna'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 Marianna departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 109 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 | Other | 64 | 58.7% | |
| 2 | Egress/exit, other | 18 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Corridor, mall | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Interior stairway or ramp | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 8.3% |
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 Marianna mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 47 | 43.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 22.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 14 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 1.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Marianna departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marianna sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,858 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 750 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 637 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 328 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 319 | 23.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 250 | 21.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 239 | 10.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 221 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 220 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Smoking | 210 | 27.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 203 | 46.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 43.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 42.7 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 72360 | 194 |
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Marianna. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Marianna.
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.