In 2025, fire departments serving Campbellsville responded to 122 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $175K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
147 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $917K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022* | 7 | — | |
| 2023* | 6 | — | |
| 2024* | 10 | — | |
| 2025 | 122 | — |
* Well below Campbellsville'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 17 building fires Campbellsville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 72 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 12 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 15.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Structural area, other | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 15.3% |
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 Campbellsville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 1.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Campbellsville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 89% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Campbellsville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,340 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,537 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,000 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 940 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 845 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 800 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 725 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 527 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 457 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 375 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 370 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 36.0 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 Campbellsville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Campbellsville.
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.