In 2025, fire departments serving Maynardville responded to 72 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $75K 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 72% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
305 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $923K cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | — | |
| 2022 | 70 | +9.4% | |
| 2023 | 51 | -27.1% | |
| 2024 | 48 | -5.9% | |
| 2025 | 72 | +50.0% |
For the 26 building fires Maynardville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 121 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 | 38 | 31.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 11 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Other | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 27 | 22.3% |
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 Maynardville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 54.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 9 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 13 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Maynardville departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,600 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Maynardville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
8 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 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 89,798 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 17,140 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,586 | 26.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,134 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,700 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,040 | 20.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,860 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,675 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,200 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,944 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,784 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2,436 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,252 | 46.6 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 Maynardville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
4 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Maynardville.
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.