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2025 County Report

Fires in Monroe County, AL

In 2025, fire departments serving Monroe County responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $50K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

8,795 residents FIPS 01099 47 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
24
357 across 5 years
Building fires
1
4 wildland
Property loss
$70K
$70K structure · $0 contents
Casualties
1 / 0
1 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Aircraft standby lead by count. Top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.

24
Total Incidents
Aircraft standby 6 25.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 4 16.7%
Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence 2 8.3%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 2 8.3%
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other 2 8.3%
All other categories 8 33.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Monroe County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 5
Feb 5
Mar 10
Apr 1
May 3
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Monroe County

357 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 119
2022 82
2023 73
2024 59
2025 24
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
50%
3
Cause undetermined
33%
2
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
17%
1
05 The biggest fires

3 fires · $70K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $50,000 Monroeville Building fires Significant
2 $20,000 MONROEVILLE Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
3 $1 MONROEVILLE Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Monroe County compares

Monroe County vs AL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

2.73
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Monroe County
2.73
AL avg
9.37
US avg
7.15
0.11
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Monroe County
0.11
AL avg
1.28
US avg
0.82
113.7
Civilian fire deaths per million
Monroe County
113.7
AL avg
11.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Monroe County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 01099.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Monroe County

3 departments report from this county.

Excel VFD
Excel
FDID 05105 15 incidents 1 paid 35 vol
Frisco City VFD
FRISCO CITY
FDID 05102 0 incidents
Mexia VFD
Mexia
FDID 05108 0 incidents 23 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.