In 2025, fire departments serving Coalmont responded to 48 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 67% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
141 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | +17.6% | |
| 2023 | 26 | +30.0% | |
| 2024 | 30 | +15.4% | |
| 2025 | 48 | +60.0% |
For the 11 building fires Coalmont departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 58 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 | 16 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 19.0% |
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 Coalmont mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 70.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Incendiary device | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Lightning | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Coalmont departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $130,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $84,600 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $30,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Coalmont sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 2 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 34,369 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2,836 | 45.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,480 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2,083 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,080 | 16.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,035 | 12.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,018 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,747 | 14.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,560 | 5.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,167 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,120 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1,100 | 27.9 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 Coalmont. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Coalmont.
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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.