ZIP 37020 recorded 37 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 310 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bedford County, TN.
310 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | |
| 2022 | 61 | |
| 2023 | 73 | |
| 2024 | 74 | |
| 2025 | 37 |
May peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 37020 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 71 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 39 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 25 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 24 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 20 | 6.5% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 37020 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 26.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 18 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 23 | 22.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 43.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Match | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 25 | 24.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 37020 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 5763% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $384,600 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $350,200 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $287,300 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $124,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $124,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 37020.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bell Buckle | 295 | |
| 2 | Christiana | 1 | |
| 3 | Shelbyville | 1 | |
| 4 | Unionville | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutherford County | TN | 1.00 | FIPS 47149 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 310 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.