In 2025, fire departments serving Moody responded to 64 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $37K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
395 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | — | |
| 2022 | 91 | +21.3% | |
| 2023 | 82 | -9.9% | |
| 2024 | 83 | +1.2% | |
| 2025 | 64 | -22.9% |
For the 4 building fires Moody departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 157 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 16.6% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 20 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 17 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 10.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 7.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 24 | 15.3% |
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 Moody mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 69 | 43.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Heat source: other | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 26 | 16.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Moody departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $37,100 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $13,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Moody sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 31,422 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,108 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2,950 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,784 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,229 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 1,800 | 33.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,540 | 7.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,308 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 1,100 | 14.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,078 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,066 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 988 | 36.7 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Moody. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.