In 2025, fire departments serving Paris responded to 114 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K 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 50% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
649 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $5.2M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 130 | — | |
| 2022 | 149 | +14.6% | |
| 2023 | 139 | -6.7% | |
| 2024 | 117 | -15.8% | |
| 2025 | 114 | -2.6% |
For the 16 building fires Paris departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 332 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 | 67 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 45 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 39 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Other | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 94 | 28.3% |
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 Paris mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 181 | 54.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 7.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 20 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 14 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 33 | 9.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Paris departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 63% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Outside storage fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Paris sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 7,508 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,300 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 1,024 | 27.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 500 | 40.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 331 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 330 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Smoking | 311 | 13.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 275 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 271 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 240 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 234 | 46.0 mi |
Top 7 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 Paris. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Paris.
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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.