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In 2025, fire departments serving Bakersfield responded to 2,477 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
11,536 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $56.1M cumulative property loss. 7 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,907 | — | |
| 2022 | 2,091 | +9.6% | |
| 2023 | 2,500 | +19.6% | |
| 2024 | 2,561 | +2.4% | |
| 2025 | 2,477 | -3.3% |
For the 226 building fires Bakersfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2,091 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 | 563 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 308 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 134 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 123 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 75 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 70 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 68 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 66 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 58 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 56 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 570 | 27.3% |
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 Bakersfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 1,269 | 60.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 160 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 145 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 104 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 70 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 44 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 39 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 33 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 31 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 168 | 8.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Bakersfield departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 26% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $300,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 7 | $260,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bakersfield sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
82 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 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 17 | |
| 30-39 | 24 | |
| 40-49 | 16 | |
| 50-59 | 7 | |
| 60-69 | 8 | |
| 70-79 | 6 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 713,616 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 174,178 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 150,696 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,007 | 36.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 33.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 37,026 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,213 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,418 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,442 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,988 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 12,018 | 45.0 mi |
Top 10 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 Bakersfield. 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.