In 2025, fire departments serving Rogersville responded to 130 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $850K 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 72% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
749 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $4.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 140 | — | |
| 2022 | 157 | +12.1% | |
| 2023 | 141 | -10.2% | |
| 2024 | 181 | +28.4% | |
| 2025 | 130 | -28.2% |
For the 49 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 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 59 | 19.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 56 | 18.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 36 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 22 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 12 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 64 | 20.7% |
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 Rogersville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 120 | 38.8% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 31 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 19 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 13 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 13 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 3.9% | |
| 10 | Arcing | 12 | 3.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 43 | 13.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Rogersville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $850,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $3,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,000 | Building fires | 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. 27,286 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,471 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,160 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,121 | 18.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,101 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,732 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,625 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,212 | 15.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,178 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,034 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,027 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,016 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,005 | 32.1 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 Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Rogersville. 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.