In 2025, fire departments serving Millington responded to 256 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K 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 56% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,171 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $5.3M cumulative property loss. 7 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 175 | — | |
| 2022 | 245 | +40.0% | |
| 2023 | 244 | -0.4% | |
| 2024 | 251 | +2.9% | |
| 2025 | 256 | +2.0% |
For the 42 building fires Millington departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 368 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 97 | 26.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 63 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 42 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 21 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 8 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 66 | 17.9% |
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 Millington mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 191 | 51.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 31 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 15 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Match | 8 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 43 | 11.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Millington departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 66% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $285,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $275,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $243,100 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $220,360 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $115,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Millington sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
17 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 4 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 4 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 3 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 8,469 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,007 | 43.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 770 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 636 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 529 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 37.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 375 | 32.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 350 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 338 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 316 | 40.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 49.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 275 | 49.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 269 | 42.6 mi |
Top 10 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 Millington. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Millington.
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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.