In 2025, fire departments serving Remington responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
74 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $133K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 17 | — | |
| 2023 | 18 | +5.9% | |
| 2024 | 17 | -5.6% | |
| 2025 | 14 | -17.6% |
* Well below Remington'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 0 building fires Remington departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 26 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 | 6 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 5 | 19.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 11.5% | |
| 5 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Assembly or sales area, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 7.7% |
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 Remington mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 19.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 4 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 11.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Remington sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 64,493 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 16,021 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 10,326 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,131 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,505 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,200 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,717 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 2,138 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Other causes | 1,989 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,935 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,579 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 1,200 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,113 | 30.7 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Virginia cities with population within ±25% of Remington. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Remington.
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.