In 2025, fire departments serving Bean Station responded to 71 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $700K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
272 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $2.1M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58 | — | |
| 2022* | 22 | — | |
| 2023 | 55 | — | |
| 2024 | 66 | +20.0% | |
| 2025 | 71 | +7.6% |
* Well below Bean Station'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 Bean Station departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 73 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 | 24 | 32.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 4 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 12 | 16.4% |
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 Bean Station mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 56.2% | |
| 2 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 10 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 2.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Bean Station departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Fire, other | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $1 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bean Station sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 88,018 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 17,140 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 7,400 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,964 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,700 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,040 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,860 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,675 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,539 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,300 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,943 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2,850 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 47.3 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 Tennessee cities with population within ±25% of Bean Station. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Bean Station.
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.