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In 2025, fire departments serving Antelope responded to 39 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 72% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
236 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.3M cumulative property loss. 5 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51 | — | |
| 2022 | 37 | -27.5% | |
| 2023 | 67 | +81.1% | |
| 2024 | 42 | -37.3% | |
| 2025 | 39 | -7.1% |
For the 1 building fires Antelope departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 40 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 12.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 5 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - 5+ persons; including barrack/dormitory | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 27.5% |
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 Antelope mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 8 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 6 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 5 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 15.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Antelope departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,500 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Antelope sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 419,568 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 10,836 | 48.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 18.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,422 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,200 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 13.2 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Antelope. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.