In 2025, fire departments serving Huntingdon responded to 169 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 89% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
737 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $3.6M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 164 | — | |
| 2022 | 121 | -26.2% | |
| 2023 | 116 | -4.1% | |
| 2024 | 167 | +44.0% | |
| 2025 | 169 | +1.2% |
For the 4 building fires Huntingdon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 107 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 13 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 9 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 28 | 26.2% |
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 Huntingdon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 38.3% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 16 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 12 | 11.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Huntingdon departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Huntingdon sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,553 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 1,024 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 585 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 331 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 330 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Smoking | 311 | 34.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 264 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 240 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 240 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 235 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 204 | 48.8 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 Huntingdon. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Huntingdon.
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.