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In 2025, fire departments serving Artesia responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
242 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $771K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 74 | — | |
| 2022 | 59 | -20.3% | |
| 2023 | 53 | -10.2% | |
| 2024* | 26 | — | |
| 2025 | 30 | — |
* Well below Artesia'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 0 building fires Artesia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 46 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 | 14 | 30.4% | |
| 2 | Other | 6 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 3 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Undetermined | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 13.0% |
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 Artesia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 11 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 11 | 23.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 21.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 5 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 4.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Artesia departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Artesia sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,033,336 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 160,371 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 47.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 19.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 25.2 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 Artesia. 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.