In 2025, fire departments serving Rehobeth responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 72% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
52 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $15K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | 15 | -21.1% | |
| 2025 | 18 | +20.0% |
* Well below Rehobeth'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 Rehobeth 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 | 22 | 73.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 4 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 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 Rehobeth mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 21 | 70.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Match | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 3.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Rehobeth departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rehobeth sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 7,637 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 672 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 566 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 563 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 476 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 421 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 352 | 41.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 320 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 316 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 312 | 10.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 311 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 290 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 270 | 45.4 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 Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Rehobeth. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Rehobeth.
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.