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In 2025, fire departments serving Barstow responded to 112 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Barstow's departments reported 112 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 303 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Feb peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,517 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $9.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 508 | — | |
| 2022 | 450 | -11.4% | |
| 2023* | 153 | — | |
| 2024 | 294 | — | |
| 2025* | 112 | — |
* Well below Barstow'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 9 building fires Barstow departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 278 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 | 80 | 28.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 52 | 18.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 15 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 14 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Other | 5 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 73 | 26.3% |
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 Barstow mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 155 | 55.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 27 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 15 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 13 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 20 | 7.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Barstow departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $22,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Barstow sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 372,037 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 48.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 24,000 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,039 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,759 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,303 | 39.3 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 8,360 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,110 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,864 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,559 | 48.7 mi |
Top 8 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 Barstow. 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.