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2025 County Report

Fires in Brooks County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Brooks County responded to 1 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

5,123 residents FIPS 13027 19 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
1
627 across 5 years
Building fires
1
0 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

1
Total Incidents
Building fires 1 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Brooks County?

Jun peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Brooks County

627 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 90
2022 246
2023 160
2024 130
2025 1
06 How Brooks County compares

Brooks County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0.2
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Brooks County
0.2
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0.2
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Brooks County
0.2
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Brooks County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Brooks County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 13027.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Brooks County

3 departments report from this county.

QUITMAN FIRE DEPARTMENT
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FDID 01402 0 incidents 12 paid
East Brooks VFD
Valdosta
FDID 01404 0 incidents 19 vol
MORVEN NORTH BROOKUnder Co
—
FDID 01406 0 incidents 16 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in GA

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West Mims 2017 FWS 152,527
2 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Blackjack Island 2019 FWS 3,367
3 South Cut 2008 NPS 2,581
4 St. Catherines Island 2022 USFS 2,213
5 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Strange Island 2019 FWS 1,999
6 GAPDR-FY19-RX-6C/7S/8A/8B 2019 FWS 1,172
7 Barrow's Fire 2016 PRI 1,034
8 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Mitchell Island 2019 FWS 1,027
9 The Nicki Fire 2014 FWS 1,022
10 GAPDR-FY19-RX-27A/Stephens 2019 FWS 972

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.