In 2025, fire departments serving Hohenwald responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $110K 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 70% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
178 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $966K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | 33 | -21.4% | |
| 2023 | 24 | -27.3% | |
| 2024 | 46 | +91.7% | |
| 2025 | 33 | -28.3% |
For the 9 building fires Hohenwald departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 122 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 | 23 | 18.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 6 | 4.9% | |
| 9 | Function area, other | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 29 | 23.8% |
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 Hohenwald mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 34.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 22.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 11 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 1.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hohenwald departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $110,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hohenwald sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 8,037 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 900 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 702 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 585 | 11.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 516 | 11.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 390 | 37.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 350 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 331 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 330 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 312 | 11.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 49.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 264 | 13.5 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 | 38462 | 178 |
Six Tennessee cities with population within ±25% of Hohenwald. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hohenwald.
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.