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2025 County Report

Fires in Dade County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Dade County responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

4,388 residents FIPS 13083 15 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
21
444 across 5 years
Building fires
4
5 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 71% of all calls.

21
Total Incidents
Building fires 4 19.0%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 4 19.0%
Grass fire 3 14.3%
Road freight or transport vehicle fire 2 9.5%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 2 9.5%
All other categories 6 28.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Dade County?

Mar peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 2
Mar 18
Apr 1
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Dade County

444 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 100
2022 133
2023 114
2024 76
2025 21
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 4 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
88%
7
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
12%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Dade County compares

Dade County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

4.79
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Dade County
4.79
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0.91
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Dade County
0.91
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Dade County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Dade County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 13083.

CityPopulation 
Trenton 2,188 View ›
West Brow 1,167 View ›
Wildwood 559 View ›
New England 474 View ›
Rising Fawn 0 View ›
Hooker 0 View ›
Stewart Town 0 View ›
Cole City 0 View ›
Head River 0 View ›
Amos Mill 0 View ›
Morganville 0 View ›
Gass 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Dade County

3 departments report from this county.

SOUTH DADE FIRE RESCUE
—
FDID 04102 0 incidents
New Salem Fire and Rescue
Rising Fawn
FDID 04104 0 incidents 28 vol
New Home VF Fire Rescue
Trenton
FDID 04106 0 incidents 12 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.