In 2025, fire departments serving Trezevant responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 82% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
62 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.8M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | +5.9% | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 11 | — | |
| 2025 | 11 | +0.0% |
* Well below Trezevant'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 3 building fires Trezevant departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 23 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 | 5 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Entrance way, lobby | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Closet | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 17.4% |
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 Trezevant mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 43.5% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 4.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Trezevant departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Trezevant sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,266 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 500 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 37.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 331 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 330 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Smoking | 311 | 38.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 240 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 240 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 235 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 200 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 180 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 175 | 38.6 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 Trezevant. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Trezevant.
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.