In 2025, fire departments serving Robins responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
74 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $186K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | 16 | -20.0% | |
| 2024 | 19 | +18.8% | |
| 2025 | 12 | -36.8% |
* Well below Robins'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 Robins departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 16 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 | 3 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Office | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 9 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 6.2% |
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 Robins mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 31.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 6.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Robins sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,289 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 824 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 402 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 360 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 316 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 250 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 228 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 25.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 21.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 175 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 | 41.7 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Iowa cities with population within ±25% of Robins. 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.