In 2025, fire departments serving Noxapater responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $3K 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 81% of all calls.
Sep peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
96 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $432K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | — | |
| 2022* | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | 30 | +57.9% | |
| 2025 | 27 | -10.0% |
* Well below Noxapater'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 3 building fires Noxapater departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 30 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 | 20 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 3.3% |
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 Noxapater mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 21 | 70.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 3.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Noxapater departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,200 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Noxapater sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 19,235 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,208 | 41.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4,212 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 892 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 700 | 17.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 600 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 510 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 475 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 472 | 20.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 470 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 416 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 403 | 38.8 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 | 39346 | 96 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Noxapater. 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.