ZIP 37914 recorded 153 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 802 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Knox County, TN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
802 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 139 | |
| 2022 | 175 | |
| 2023 | 169 | |
| 2024 | 166 | |
| 2025 | 153 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 37914 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 76 | 9.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 71 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 68 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 62 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 60 | 7.5% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 37914 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 64 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 51 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 35 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 91 | 27.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 169 | 51.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 27 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 46 | 14.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 37914 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 606% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $565,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,783 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $112,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $110,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 37914.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knoxville | 739 |
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 — 802 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.