ZIP 39440 recorded 203 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,000 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jones County, MS. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,000 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 162 | |
| 2022 | 71 | |
| 2023 | 284 | |
| 2024 | 280 | |
| 2025 | 203 |
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 39440 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 143 | 14.3% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 125 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 99 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 94 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 83 | 8.3% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 39440 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 89 | 30.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 49 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 18 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 16 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 77 | 26.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 174 | 59.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 26 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Molten, hot material | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 13.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 39440 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 127% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Self-propelled motor home or recreational vehicle | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 39440.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurel | 1,000 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,000 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.