In 2025, fire departments serving Lewisburg responded to 172 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K 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 59% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,251 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $5.7M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 231 | — | |
| 2022 | 313 | +35.5% | |
| 2023 | 301 | -3.8% | |
| 2024 | 234 | -22.3% | |
| 2025 | 172 | -26.5% |
For the 29 building fires Lewisburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 322 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 | 70 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 55 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 41 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 23 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 6 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 81 | 25.2% |
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 Lewisburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 143 | 44.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 26 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 58 | 18.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lewisburg departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 94% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $75,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $75,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $18,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $9,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lewisburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
7 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 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,671 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 516 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 328 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 312 | 40.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Smoking | 250 | 32.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 235 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 235 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 218 | 44.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 200 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 191 | 38.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 179 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 174 | 45.8 mi |
Top 9 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 Lewisburg. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lewisburg.
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.