In 2025, fire departments serving Mayflower responded to 52 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
406 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $909K cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 125 | — | |
| 2022 | 83 | -33.6% | |
| 2023 | 72 | -13.3% | |
| 2024 | 74 | +2.8% | |
| 2025 | 52 | -29.7% |
For the 15 building fires Mayflower departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 169 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 | 47.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 24 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Function area, other | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Egress/exit, other | 2 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 17 | 10.1% |
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 Mayflower mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 139 | 82.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 8 | 4.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 1.2% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 1.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 9 | Arcing | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 3.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mayflower departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $81,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $600 | Self-propelled motor home or recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mayflower sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,797 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 5,091 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 9.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,401 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,014 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 954 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 825 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 705 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 695 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 636 | 5.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 540 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 486 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 471 | 37.0 mi |
Top 6 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 Mayflower. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Mayflower.
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.