In 2025, fire departments serving Shannon responded to 53 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
280 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $227K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | — | |
| 2022* | 32 | — | |
| 2023 | 83 | — | |
| 2024 | 74 | -10.8% | |
| 2025 | 53 | -28.4% |
* Well below Shannon'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 9 building fires Shannon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 80 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 10 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 6 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 19 | 23.8% |
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 Shannon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 21 | 26.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 14 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 5.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Shannon sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 14,260 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,826 | 46.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Smoking | 1,620 | 8.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,344 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,005 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 608 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 537 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 453 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 420 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 23.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 390 | 47.8 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Shannon. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Shannon.
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.