ZIP 39817 recorded 121 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 793 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Decatur County, GA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
793 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 125 | |
| 2022 | 216 | |
| 2023 | 192 | |
| 2024 | 139 | |
| 2025 | 121 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 39817 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 155 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 118 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Aircraft standby | 60 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 45 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 44 | 5.5% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 39817 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 46 | 19.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 30 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 73 | 30.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 111 | 46.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 19 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Match | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 39817 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $35,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $23,892 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 39817.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bainbridge | 787 |
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 — 793 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.