In 2025, fire departments serving Woodbury responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 93% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
91 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $237K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 45 | — | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | — |
* Well below Woodbury'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 4 building fires Woodbury departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 30 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 | 12 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 26.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Conveyor | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 3.3% |
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 Woodbury mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 56.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Lightning | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodbury departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodbury sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,188 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 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 12.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 356 | 11.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 348 | 12.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 341 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 305 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 305 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 256 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 43.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 235 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 224 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 214 | 36.2 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Georgia cities with population within ±25% of Woodbury. 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.