In 2025, fire departments serving Stallings responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $25K 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 75% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
85 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $36K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | -21.4% | |
| 2023 | 20 | +81.8% | |
| 2024 | 24 | +20.0% | |
| 2025 | 16 | -33.3% |
For the 5 building fires Stallings departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 24 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 | 7 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 12.5% |
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 Stallings mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Match | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 4.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Stallings departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Stallings sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,186 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 48.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 400 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 395 | 41.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 290 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 280 | 43.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 250 | 27.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 214 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 38.3 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 200 | 39.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 179 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 175 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 160 | 38.5 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 North Carolina cities with population within ±25% of Stallings. 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.