In 2025, fire departments serving Warm Springs responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $3K 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 80% of all calls.
Feb peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
66 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $96K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 26 | — | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | — |
* Well below Warm Springs'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 2 building fires Warm Springs departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | 7 | 53.8% | |
| 2 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Sales area, showroom (exclude display window) | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Warm Springs mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Warm Springs departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,500 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Warm Springs sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,098 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 522 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 14.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 356 | 13.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 348 | 13.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 341 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 305 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 256 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 34.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 235 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 224 | 27.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 215 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 214 | 29.2 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 | 31830 | 66 |
Six Georgia cities with population within ±25% of Warm Springs. 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.