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In 2025, fire departments serving Marianna responded to 230 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.3M building blaze. 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 58% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
922 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $6.0M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 134 | — | |
| 2022 | 148 | +10.4% | |
| 2023 | 200 | +35.1% | |
| 2024 | 210 | +5.0% | |
| 2025 | 230 | +9.5% |
For the 35 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 342 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 | 81 | 23.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 46 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 27 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 25 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 14 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 65 | 19.0% |
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 | Undetermined | 149 | 43.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 19 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 17 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 45 | 13.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Marianna departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 75% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,300,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $274,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $110,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marianna sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
19 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 6 | |
| 30-39 | 5 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 34,275 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,498 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,384 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,614 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,367 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 2,246 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,290 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1,135 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 1,073 | 48.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Natural | 1,000 | 44.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 988 | 38.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 984 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 869 | 32.7 mi |
Top 8 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Florida cities with population within ±25% of Marianna. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 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.