In 2025, fire departments serving White Pine responded to 112 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K 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 62% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
464 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $2.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 69 | — | |
| 2022 | 87 | +26.1% | |
| 2023 | 91 | +4.6% | |
| 2024 | 105 | +15.4% | |
| 2025 | 112 | +6.7% |
For the 29 building fires White Pine departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 219 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 43 | 19.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 39 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 28 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 17 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 17 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Other | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 38 | 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 White Pine mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 20.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 19 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 17 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 16 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 14 | 6.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 5.5% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 38 | 17.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by White Pine departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $197,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. White Pine sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 72,551 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 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,580 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,964 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,040 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,860 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,943 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2,436 | 17.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,307 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,200 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,185 | 21.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 2,115 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 2,000 | 18.2 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 White Pine. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in White Pine.
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.