In 2025, fire departments serving Pine Mountain responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 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 84% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
134 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $188K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | 50 | +127.3% | |
| 2023 | 25 | -50.0% | |
| 2024 | 18 | -28.0% | |
| 2025 | 19 | +5.6% |
For the 1 building fires Pine Mountain departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 36 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 | 14 | 38.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Sales area, showroom (exclude display window) | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Closet | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Wall assembly | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 11.1% |
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 Pine Mountain mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 18 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 2.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Pine Mountain departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1 | Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pine Mountain sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,651 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 522 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 25.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 356 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 348 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 341 | 27.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 314 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 305 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 267 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 256 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 25.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 235 | 29.8 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 Georgia cities with population within ±25% of Pine Mountain. 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.