In 2025, fire departments serving Weir responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K 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 92% of all calls.
Oct peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
65 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $503K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | 18 | +125.0% | |
| 2024 | 24 | +33.3% | |
| 2025 | 13 | -45.8% |
* Well below Weir'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 7 building fires Weir departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 26 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 | 11 | 42.3% | |
| 2 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Closet | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Service facilities, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 15.4% |
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 Weir mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 7 | 26.9% | |
| 3 | Conducted heat from another fire | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Fireworks | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 3.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Weir departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Weir sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,656 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,208 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 892 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 700 | 12.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 626 | 35.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 600 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 510 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 475 | 7.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 472 | 10.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 470 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 416 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 45.1 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 | 39772 | 65 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Weir. 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.