In 2025, fire departments serving Bellemont responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
47 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $100 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | 16 | +45.5% | |
| 2025 | 11 | -31.2% |
* Well below Bellemont'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 Bellemont departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 14 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 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.1% |
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 Bellemont mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 64.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 7.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bellemont sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 296,348 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Natural | 33,850 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 23,885 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,077 | 20.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 17,788 | 13.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 17,218 | 29.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 16,400 | 10.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 15,333 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 15,075 | 11.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 13,790 | 16.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 10,788 | 18.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 10,748 | 11.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 8,871 | 44.9 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 Arizona cities with population within ±25% of Bellemont. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Bellemont.
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.