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2025 County Report

Fires in Telfair County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Telfair County responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

8,532 residents FIPS 13271 11 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
33
521 across 5 years
Building fires
1
15 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?

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 70% of all calls.

33
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 9 27.3%
Grass fire 4 12.1%
Aircraft standby 4 12.1%
Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle 3 9.1%
Authorized controlled burning 3 9.1%
All other categories 10 30.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Telfair County?

May peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 6
Feb 3
Mar 1
Apr 5
May 8
Jun 1
Jul 2
Aug 1
Sep 1
Oct 2
Nov 0
Dec 3
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Telfair County

521 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 132
2022 174
2023 110
2024 72
2025 33
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
17%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Telfair County compares

Telfair County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

3.87
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Telfair County
3.87
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0.12
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Telfair County
0.12
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Telfair County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Telfair County

11 cities mapped to FIPS 13271.

CityPopulation 
McRae-Helena 6,338 View ›
Lumber City 1,127 View ›
Milan 649 View ›
Scotland 315 View ›
Jacksonville 103 View ›
Towns 0 View ›
Cedarpark 0 View ›
China Hill 0 View ›
Temperance 0 View ›
Cobbville 0 View ›
Workmore 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Telfair County

4 departments report from this county.

JACKSONVILLE VOL FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 13404 33 incidents
LUMBER CITY VOL FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 13402 0 incidents
McRaeHelena FD
—
FDID 13403 0 incidents 3 paid
Milan Fire Department
Milan
FDID 13405 0 incidents 9 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.