In 2025, fire departments serving Tullahoma responded to 122 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $376K 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 44% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,000 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $2.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 234 | — | |
| 2022 | 216 | -7.7% | |
| 2023 | 229 | +6.0% | |
| 2024 | 199 | -13.1% | |
| 2025 | 122 | -38.7% |
For the 22 building fires Tullahoma departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 367 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 | Outside area, other | 105 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 59 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 25 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 15 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 8 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 72 | 19.6% |
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 Tullahoma mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 188 | 51.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 22 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 19 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 19 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 44 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Tullahoma departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 92% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $375,600 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $17,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Tullahoma sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 26,584 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,480 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,080 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,035 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,747 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,560 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,167 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1,100 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,050 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,010 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 950 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 934 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 890 | 49.5 mi |
Top 8 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 Tullahoma. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Tullahoma.
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.