In 2025, fire departments serving Henning responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K 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 65% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
104 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | — | |
| 2022* | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | 15 | — | |
| 2024 | 34 | +126.7% | |
| 2025 | 17 | -50.0% |
* Well below Henning's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 4 building fires Henning departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 40 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 | 10 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 10.0% |
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 Henning mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 65.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 2.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Henning departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Henning sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,406 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 27.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 316 | 11.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 182 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 175 | 23.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 168 | 29.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 148 | 9.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 139 | 14.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 135 | 22.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 131 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 123 | 39.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 122 | 4.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 119 | 47.8 mi |
Top 2 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 Henning. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Henning.
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.