In 2025, fire departments serving Robbins responded to 70 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $130K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
362 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $196K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | 155 | +244.4% | |
| 2023* | 29 | — | |
| 2024 | 63 | — | |
| 2025 | 70 | +11.1% |
* Well below Robbins'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 15 building fires Robbins departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 143 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 | 45 | 31.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 41 | 28.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Structural area, other | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Function area, other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 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 Robbins mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 111 | 77.6% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 4.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Robbins departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $130,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Robbins sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,752 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,358 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,181 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 969 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 697 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 32.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 586 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 547 | 32.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 500 | 17.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 500 | 28.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 454 | 29.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 450 | 31.4 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 North Carolina cities with population within ±25% of Robbins. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Robbins.
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.