In 2025, fire departments serving Marshall responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Trash or rubbish fire, contained lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
33 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $260K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 4 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | +200.0% | |
| 2024 | 4 | -66.7% | |
| 2025 | 11 | +175.0% |
* Well below Marshall'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 1 building fires Marshall departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 8 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 | 3 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 12.5% |
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 Marshall mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 12.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marshall sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 34,928 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,983 | 18.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,101 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,014 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2,008 | 15.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,779 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,653 | 18.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 1,631 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,591 | 16.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1,470 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 1,435 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,350 | 15.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,340 | 16.4 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 | 72650 | 33 |
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Marshall. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Marshall.
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.