In 2025, fire departments serving Mooresburg responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 76% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
65 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $250K cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | 13 | +30.0% | |
| 2024 | 17 | +30.8% | |
| 2025 | 21 | +23.5% |
* Well below Mooresburg's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 6 building fires Mooresburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Mooresburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 16.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mooresburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 74,132 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 7,400 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,964 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,700 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,040 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,860 | 28.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,675 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,539 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,300 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,040 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,943 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2,850 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 46.5 mi |
Top 4 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 Mooresburg. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.