In 2025, fire departments serving Rogers responded to 593 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $285K building blaze. 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 53% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
3,168 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $13.8M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 517 | — | |
| 2022 | 672 | +30.0% | |
| 2023 | 581 | -13.5% | |
| 2024 | 805 | +38.6% | |
| 2025 | 593 | -26.3% |
For the 65 building fires Rogers departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 844 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 169 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 146 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 100 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 49 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 38 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 38 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 35 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 23 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 20 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 17 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 209 | 24.8% |
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 Rogers mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 440 | 52.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 72 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 62 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 34 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 26 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 25 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 18 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 14 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 14 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 125 | 14.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Rogers departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 69% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $285,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $260,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rogers sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
21 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 4 | |
| 30-39 | 6 | |
| 40-49 | 4 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 37,675 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,800 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,285 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,580 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2,135 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,108 | 45.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2,085 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,850 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,500 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1,300 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,265 | 35.9 mi |
Top 9 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Rogers. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Rogers.
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.