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2025 County Report

Fires in Coffee County, TN

In 2025, fire departments serving Coffee County responded to 290 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $376K property loss.

36,541 residents FIPS 47031 45 cities · 7 fire depts
Total incidents
290
2,470 across 5 years
Building fires
68
45 wildland
Property loss
$1.5M
$1.2M structure · $379K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 47% of all calls.

290
Total Incidents
Building fires 68 23.4%
Unauthorized burning 23 7.9%
Grass fire 19 6.6%
Passenger vehicle fire 14 4.8%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 13 4.5%
All other categories 153 52.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Coffee County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 36
Feb 41
Mar 67
Apr 41
May 28
Jun 21
Jul 12
Aug 8
Sep 7
Oct 10
Nov 13
Dec 6
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Coffee County

2,470 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 550
2022 594
2023 554
2024 482
2025 290
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 68 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
55%
52
Cause undetermined
11%
10
Intentional / arson
7%
7
Equipment / heat source failure
13%
12
Under investigation
10%
9
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
4
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $982K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Coffee County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 84% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $375,600 Tullahoma Building fires Major
2 $200,000 Manchester Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 TULLAHOMA Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 MANCHESTER Building fires Significant
5 $50,000 TULLAHOMA Building fires Significant
6 $40,000 TULLAHOMA Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $30,000 TULLAHOMA Building fires Significant
8 $30,000 TULLAHOMA Building fires Significant
9 $29,500 Manchester Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
10 $27,000 Manchester Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Coffee County compares

Coffee County vs TN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.94
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Coffee County
7.94
TN avg
11.07
US avg
7.15
1.86
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Coffee County
1.86
TN avg
1.37
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Coffee County
0
TN avg
15
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Coffee County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 47031.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Coffee County

7 departments report from this county.

Manchester FireRescue
Manchester
FDID 16213 79 incidents 30 paid
Tullahoma Fire Department
Tullahoma
FDID 16323 79 incidents 32 paid 15 vol
Hickerson Station Volunteer Fire Department
Tullahoma
FDID 16821 50 incidents 23 vol
North Coffee Volunteer Fire Department
Manchester
FDID 16811 48 incidents 20 vol
Summitville Volunteer Fire Department
Summitville
FDID 16071 4 incidents 17 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in TN

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Chimney Tops 2 2016 NPS 15,642
2 SHARP 2001 NPS 6,705
3 Halls Top 2016 USFS 2,462
4 GREEN MTN 2001 NPS 2,287
5 DARROW RDG 2000 NPS 2,265
6 Stony Ridge 2009 NPS 2,191
7 LAUREL RDG 1987 NPS 1,969
8 Railroad Grade 2016 USFS 1,746
9 SHOP 1988 NPS 1,303
10 State Line 2016 USFS 1,238

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.