In 2025, fire departments serving Rincon responded to 126 fire and hazmat incidents . 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 51% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
621 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $288K cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 91 | — | |
| 2022 | 112 | +23.1% | |
| 2023 | 123 | +9.8% | |
| 2024 | 169 | +37.4% | |
| 2025 | 126 | -25.4% |
For the 16 building fires Rincon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 309 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 | 51 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 39 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 36 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 25 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 7.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Other | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 77 | 24.9% |
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 Rincon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 116 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 21 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 21 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Match | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 59 | 19.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rincon sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
8 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 3 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,887 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4,035 | 48.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1,245 | 12.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 1,076 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1,016 | 13.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 916 | 18.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 827 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 791 | 41.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 789 | 20.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 761 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 760 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 713 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 663 | 22.7 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 Georgia cities with population within ±25% of Rincon. 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.