In 2025, fire departments serving Collinwood responded to 23 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $180K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
130 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $839K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | — | |
| 2022 | 34 | +9.7% | |
| 2023 | 25 | -26.5% | |
| 2024 | 17 | -32.0% | |
| 2025 | 23 | +35.3% |
For the 4 building fires Collinwood departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 45 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 | Storage area, other | 8 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 5 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 10 | Outside area, other | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 17.8% |
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 Collinwood mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 28.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 4 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 8.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Collinwood departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $179,900 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $19,200 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Collinwood sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,443 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 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 900 | 16.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 706 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 702 | 22.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 585 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 520 | 42.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 516 | 16.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 390 | 18.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 350 | 21.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 | 44.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 330 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 330 | 46.8 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38450 | 130 |
Six Tennessee cities with population within ±25% of Collinwood. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Collinwood.
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.