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2025 County Report

Fires in Coffee County, AL

In 2025, fire departments serving Coffee County responded to 206 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $750K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

34,055 residents FIPS 01031 32 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
206
1,325 across 5 years
Building fires
30
55 wildland
Property loss
$2.3M
$1.7M structure · $615K 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 49% of all calls.

206
Total Incidents
Building fires 30 14.6%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 22 10.7%
Aircraft standby 22 10.7%
Grass fire 15 7.3%
Passenger vehicle fire 12 5.8%
All other categories 105 51.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Coffee County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 35
Feb 24
Mar 40
Apr 24
May 31
Jun 6
Jul 19
Aug 7
Sep 8
Oct 12
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Coffee County

1,325 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 89
2022 336
2023 361
2024 333
2025 206
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 30 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
70%
58
Cause undetermined
14%
12
Intentional / arson
5%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
7%
6
Under investigation
4%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.6M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Coffee County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 96% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $750,000 ENTERPRISE Building fires Major
2 $218,000 Enterprise Building fires Significant
3 $180,000 Enterprise Outside equipment fire Significant
4 $174,060 Enterprise Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 Enterprise Building fires Significant
6 $60,000 Enterprise Outside equipment fire Significant
7 $40,000 Enterprise Building fires Significant
8 $35,000 Enterprise Building fires Significant
9 $20,000 Enterprise Building fires Significant
10 $12,000 Enterprise Building fires Significant
06 How Coffee County compares

Coffee County vs AL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.05
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Coffee County
6.05
AL avg
9.37
US avg
7.15
0.88
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Coffee County
0.88
AL avg
1.28
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Coffee County
0
AL avg
11.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Coffee County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 01031.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Coffee County

1 departments report from this county.

Battens VFD
Chancellor
FDID 01910 0 incidents 20 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AL

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 426 B 2019 USFS 2,671
2 Lake Chinnabee 2016 USFS 2,228
3 742 2019 USFS 1,787
4 Rd07-09 2006 NPS 1,467
5 Big Candle 2019 USFS 1,272
6 Half Way 2016 USFS 1,066
7 LRP NORTHEAST SOUTH RX 2023 NPS 1,026
8 Welcome Home 1 2016 USFS 1,008
9 Road 09-08 WF 2006 NPS 978
10 Caney Head 2016 USFS 932

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.