In 2025, fire departments serving Peletier responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents . 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. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
86 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $647K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 24 | +100.0% | |
| 2023 | 20 | -16.7% | |
| 2024 | 14 | -30.0% | |
| 2025 | 16 | +14.3% |
For the 3 building fires Peletier departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 38 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 | Outside area, other | 16 | 42.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 6 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 5.3% |
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 Peletier mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 24 | 63.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 2.6% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Peletier sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 110,700 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Natural | 31,140 | 36.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 24,600 | 11.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 21,331 | 14.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,265 | 37.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,400 | 7.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2,727 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 2,660 | 7.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 2,000 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,533 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,360 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,327 | 5.7 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six North Carolina cities with population within ±25% of Peletier. 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.