In 2025, fire departments serving Troy responded to 193 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
924 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $4.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 132 | — | |
| 2022 | 157 | +18.9% | |
| 2023 | 229 | +45.9% | |
| 2024 | 213 | -7.0% | |
| 2025 | 193 | -9.4% |
For the 26 building fires Troy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 346 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 | 129 | 37.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 40 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 17 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 14 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Other | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 53 | 15.3% |
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 Troy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 220 | 63.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 24 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 1.2% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 4 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 23 | 6.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Troy departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 90% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Troy sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,339 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,005 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 678 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 566 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 565 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 504 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 480 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 471 | 17.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 465 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 48.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 387 | 36.5 mi |
Top 7 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Troy. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Troy.
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.