In 2025, fire departments serving Trumann responded to 106 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
787 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $2.9M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 164 | — | |
| 2022 | 215 | +31.1% | |
| 2023 | 171 | -20.5% | |
| 2024 | 131 | -23.4% | |
| 2025 | 106 | -19.1% |
For the 11 building fires Trumann departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 432 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 | 169 | 39.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 52 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 30 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 21 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 13 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 11 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 8 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Other | 7 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 84 | 19.4% |
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 Trumann mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 310 | 71.8% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 24 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 4.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 16 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 4 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Radiated heat from another fire | 4 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 21 | 4.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Trumann departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 91% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $65,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $45,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $40,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Trumann sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,576 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 13.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 278 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 203 | 18.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 195 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 159 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 155 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 148 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 139 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 135 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 | 37.7 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 | 72472 | 787 |
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Trumann. 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.