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In 2025, fire departments serving Avenal responded to 90 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 58% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
429 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.8M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | — | |
| 2022 | 86 | +14.7% | |
| 2023 | 82 | -4.7% | |
| 2024 | 96 | +17.1% | |
| 2025 | 90 | -6.2% |
For the 9 building fires Avenal departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 233 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 | Outside area, other | 46 | 19.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 43 | 18.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 30 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 18 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 9 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 39 | 16.7% |
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 Avenal mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 119 | 51.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 17 | 7.3% | |
| 3 | Match | 17 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 30 | 12.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Avenal departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $16,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $8,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $2,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,900 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Avenal sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 324,072 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 14.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,667 | 23.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19,839 | 0.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 20.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 14,507 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 8,400 | 38.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,495 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7,050 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,738 | 7.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5,600 | 10.4 mi |
Top 4 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 Avenal. 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.