In 2025, fire departments serving Vonore responded to 48 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $85K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 54% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
271 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $417K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | — | |
| 2022 | 57 | +7.5% | |
| 2023 | 52 | -8.8% | |
| 2024 | 61 | +17.3% | |
| 2025 | 48 | -21.3% |
For the 4 building fires Vonore departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 62 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 | 12 | 19.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 7 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 6 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 16.1% |
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 Vonore mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 33 | 53.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Candle | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 11.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Vonore departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $85,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Vonore sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 98,617 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 17,140 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,641 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 9,036 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,134 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,788 | 23.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,580 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,450 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,422 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,231 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,200 | 12.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,944 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,784 | 48.5 mi |
Top 6 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 Vonore. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Vonore.
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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.