In 2025, fire departments serving Woodland responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 93% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
105 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $326K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 12 | — | |
| 2023* | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | 58 | — | |
| 2025 | 28 | -51.7% |
* Well below Woodland'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 0 building fires Woodland departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | 8 | 42.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Closet | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.3% |
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 Woodland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 57.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Match | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodland departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodland sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 29,251 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,321 | 34.1 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,108 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3,000 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,229 | 27.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,350 | 36.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,078 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,066 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 988 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 932 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 867 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 800 | 36.7 mi |
Top 2 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 Woodland. 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.