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2025 County Report

Fires in Martinsville city, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Martinsville city responded to 288 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss.

13,539 residents FIPS 51690 1 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
288
1,422 across 5 years
Building fires
47
49 wildland
Property loss
$1.7M
$1.1M structure · $629K contents
Casualties
0 / 3
0 civ deaths · 3 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 52% of all calls.

288
Total Incidents
Building fires 47 16.3%
Authorized controlled burning 34 11.8%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 32 11.1%
Aircraft standby 20 6.9%
Power line down 18 6.2%
All other categories 137 47.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Martinsville city?

Oct peaks. May dips.

Jan 33
Feb 28
Mar 32
Apr 31
May 1
Jun 11
Jul 24
Aug 23
Sep 19
Oct 36
Nov 35
Dec 15
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Martinsville city

1,422 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 268
2022 330
2023 268
2024 268
2025 288
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 47 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
44%
37
Cause undetermined
17%
14
Intentional / arson
4%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
10%
8
Under investigation
23%
19
Act of nature (lightning)
2%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $860K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Martinsville city during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 81% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200,000 MARTINSVILLE Building fires Significant
2 $100,000 Martinsville Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 Martinsville Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 Martinsville Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 MARTINSVILLE Building fires Significant
6 $90,000 MARTINSVILLE Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $60,000 MARTINSVILLE Building fires Significant
8 $46,050 Martinsville Building fires Significant
9 $34,225 Martinsville Building fires Significant
10 $30,000 MARTINSVILLE Building fires Significant
06 How Martinsville city compares

Martinsville city vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

21.27
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Martinsville city
21.27
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
3.47
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Martinsville city
3.47
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Martinsville city
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Martinsville city

1 cities mapped to FIPS 51690.

CityPopulation 
Martinsville 13,539 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Martinsville city

1 departments report from this county.

Martinsville Fire EMS
Martinsville
FDID 69000 113 incidents 26 paid 22 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.