In 2025, fire departments serving Rogersville responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 100% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
31 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $100K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 5 | -16.7% | |
| 2024* | 3 | — | |
| 2025 | 17 | — |
* Well below Rogersville'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 6 building fires Rogersville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 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 | 9 | 75.0% | |
| 2 | Storage area, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 8.3% |
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 Rogersville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 91.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Rogersville departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rogersville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,065 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,003 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,163 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,014 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 919 | 45.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 706 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 702 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 520 | 28.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 516 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 479 | 36.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 460 | 34.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 385 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 362 | 49.4 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35652 | 31 |
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Rogersville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Rogersville.
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.