In 2025, fire departments serving Wynne responded to 94 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $175K 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 59% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
632 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $3.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 108 | — | |
| 2022 | 137 | +26.9% | |
| 2023 | 150 | +9.5% | |
| 2024 | 143 | -4.7% | |
| 2025 | 94 | -34.3% |
For the 14 building fires Wynne departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 429 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 | 157 | 36.6% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 53 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 35 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 26 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 10 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Other | 6 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 65 | 15.2% |
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 Wynne mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 290 | 67.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 5.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 21 | 4.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 10 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 6 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 27 | 6.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Wynne departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 91% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $145,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $40,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $40,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Wynne sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,006 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 776 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 441 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 319 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 282 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 275 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 255 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 250 | 19.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 239 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 221 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 213 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Smoking | 210 | 25.4 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 Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Wynne. 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.