In 2025, fire departments serving Adamsville responded to 83 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
265 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $649K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | — | |
| 2022* | 30 | — | |
| 2023 | 46 | — | |
| 2024 | 62 | +34.8% | |
| 2025 | 83 | +33.9% |
* Well below Adamsville'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 7 building fires Adamsville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 113 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 | 33 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 17.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 10 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Function area, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 18 | 15.9% |
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 Adamsville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 58 | 51.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 6 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 13 | 11.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Adamsville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $44,700 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $6,500 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $4,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Adamsville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,319 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,344 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 900 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 702 | 28.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 585 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 529 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 516 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 500 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 390 | 18.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 382 | 37.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 350 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 330 | 48.3 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Tennessee cities with population within ±25% of Adamsville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Adamsville.
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.