ZIP 39443 recorded 434 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,710 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jones County, MS. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,710 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 180 | |
| 2022 | 168 | |
| 2023 | 487 | |
| 2024 | 441 | |
| 2025 | 434 |
Oct peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 39443 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 357 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 301 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 199 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 115 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 99 | 5.8% |
For the 93 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 39443 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 212 | 65.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 5.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 4 | 1.2% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 46 | 14.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 244 | 74.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 1.5% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 4 | 1.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 10.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 39443 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 134% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $425,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $312,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $204,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $157,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 39443.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurel | 1,710 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | MS | 1.00 | FIPS 28153 |
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 — 1,710 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.