In 2025, fire departments serving Adairville responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 86% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
52 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $863K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | 9 | -30.8% | |
| 2024 | 14 | +55.6% | |
| 2025 | 14 | +0.0% |
* Well below Adairville's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 5 building fires Adairville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 31 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 54.8% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Outside area, other | 1 | 3.2% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Adairville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 64.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Lightning | 3 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Adairville departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Adairville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 9,949 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,400 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,050 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 570 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 517 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 46.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 45.1 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Adairville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Adairville.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 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. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.