In 2025, fire departments serving Anthony responded to 102 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $8K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
415 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $15K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 100 | — | |
| 2022* | 37 | — | |
| 2023 | 108 | — | |
| 2024 | 68 | -37.0% | |
| 2025 | 102 | +50.0% |
* Well below Anthony's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 5 building fires Anthony departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 203 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 | Undetermined | 108 | 53.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 35 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Other | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 17 | 8.4% |
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 Anthony mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 166 | 81.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Radiated heat from another fire | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 2.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Anthony departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Anthony sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 114,113 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Natural | 14,103 | 48.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 13,804 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13,424 | 20.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 11,856 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 9,000 | 40.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 8,900 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,181 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,160 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,045 | 28.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,000 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 4,115 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,582 | 15.7 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 New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of Anthony. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Anthony.
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.