In 2025, fire departments serving Fairview responded to 76 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
418 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $644K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | — | |
| 2022 | 84 | +50.0% | |
| 2023 | 124 | +47.6% | |
| 2024 | 78 | -37.1% | |
| 2025 | 76 | -2.6% |
For the 11 building fires Fairview departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 174 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 | Outside area, other | 37 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 25 | 14.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 13.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Other | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 33 | 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 Fairview mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 76 | 43.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 13 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 23 | 13.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fairview departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $200 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fairview 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,906 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Natural | 585 | 46.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 516 | 49.1 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 331 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 330 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 328 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 312 | 26.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 264 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 240 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 235 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 225 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 218 | 42.1 mi |
Top 5 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 Fairview. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Fairview.
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.