In 2025, fire departments serving Fairfield Glade responded to 54 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $12K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 52% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
178 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $801K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | — | |
| 2022 | 30 | -3.2% | |
| 2023 | 35 | +16.7% | |
| 2024 | 28 | -20.0% | |
| 2025 | 54 | +92.9% |
For the 3 building fires Fairfield Glade departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 59 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 23.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 10 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Switchgear area, transformer vault | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 12 | 20.3% |
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 Fairfield Glade mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 10 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 15.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Match | 2 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fairfield Glade departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $12,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fairfield Glade sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 67,442 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 | 10,586 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,134 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,646 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,450 | 14.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,398 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,944 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,925 | 20.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,784 | 22.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,480 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,214 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,080 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,079 | 47.7 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 Fairfield Glade. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Fairfield Glade.
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.