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2025 County Report

Fires in Emporia city, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Emporia city responded to 7 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $125K property loss.

5,680 residents FIPS 51595 2 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
7
60 across 5 years
Building fires
1
3 wildland
Property loss
$156K
$135K structure · $21K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

7
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 3 42.9%
Passenger vehicle fire 2 28.6%
Building fires 1 14.3%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 1 14.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Emporia city?

Jan peaks. Feb dips.

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

Year over year in Emporia city

60 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 7
2022 11
2023 15
2024 20
2025 7
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
67%
2
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
33%
0
05 The biggest fires

3 fires · $135K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Emporia city during 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $125,000 Emporia Building fires Significant
2 $5,000 EMPORIA Passenger vehicle fire Significant
3 $5,000 Emporia Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Emporia city compares

Emporia city vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

1.23
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Emporia city
1.23
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
0.18
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Emporia city
0.18
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Emporia city
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Emporia city

2 cities mapped to FIPS 51595.

CityPopulation 
Emporia 5,680 View ›
North Emporia 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Emporia city

1 departments report from this county.

Greensville County Fire Dept
Emporia
FDID 59500 0 incidents 50 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in VA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 PINNACLES 2000 NPS 18,055
2 Mount Pleasant 2016 USFS 11,210
3 Waterfall Mountain 2024 USFS 6,398
4 Waites Run 2024 USFS 6,223
5 OLD RAG 2000 NPS 6,127
6 BIG RUN 1986 NPS 4,696
7 FULTZ RUN 2002 NPS 4,194
8 Shop Run 1999 NPS 3,229
9 Raven Rock 2016 USFS 2,401
10 Tye River 2018 USFS 2,057

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.