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2025 County Report

Fires in Haralson County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Haralson County responded to 25 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $12K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

12,455 residents FIPS 13143 13 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
25
2,032 across 5 years
Building fires
2
15 wildland
Property loss
$32K
$12K structure · $20K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 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 76% of all calls.

25
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 8 32.0%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 5 20.0%
Building fires 2 8.0%
Grass fire 2 8.0%
Power line down 2 8.0%
All other categories 6 24.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Haralson County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 1
Feb 4
Mar 5
Apr 2
May 1
Jun 0
Jul 2
Aug 0
Sep 4
Oct 4
Nov 2
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Haralson County

2,032 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 441
2022 493
2023 589
2024 484
2025 25
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 2 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
60%
3
Cause undetermined
20%
1
Intentional / arson
20%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $12K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Haralson County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $12,357 Waco Building fires Significant
06 How Haralson County compares

Haralson County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

2.01
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Haralson County
2.01
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0.16
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Haralson County
0.16
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Haralson County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Haralson County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 13143.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Haralson County

3 departments report from this county.

Haralson County FD
BUCHANAN
FDID 07101 0 incidents 39 paid 59 vol
TALLAPOOSA FIRE DEPARTMENT
Tallapoosa
FDID 07102 0 incidents 3 paid 20 vol
Bremen Fire Dept
BREMEN
FDID 07104 0 incidents 10 paid 3 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.