In 2025, fire departments serving Eagleville responded to 60 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
301 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | — | |
| 2022 | 78 | +66.0% | |
| 2023 | 45 | -42.3% | |
| 2024 | 71 | +57.8% | |
| 2025 | 60 | -15.5% |
For the 5 building fires Eagleville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 109 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 | 25 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 19 | 17.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Exterior, exposed surface | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 16 | 14.7% |
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 Eagleville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 32.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 10 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 7.3% | |
| 7 | Chemical reaction | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 10.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Eagleville departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $40,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $4,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $3,500 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $3,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eagleville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,579 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 328 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 312 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 235 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 225 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 191 | 39.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 179 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 170 | 15.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 157 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 143 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 118 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 118 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 116 | 18.9 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 Eagleville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Eagleville.
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.