In 2025, fire departments serving Bloomfield responded to 244 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $6K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,047 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $78K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 231 | — | |
| 2022 | 229 | -0.9% | |
| 2023 | 149 | -34.9% | |
| 2024 | 194 | +30.2% | |
| 2025 | 244 | +25.8% |
For the 18 building fires Bloomfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 267 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 | 59 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 53 | 19.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Other | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 58 | 21.7% |
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 Bloomfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 135 | 50.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 21 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Match | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 34 | 12.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Bloomfield departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bloomfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
8 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 144,562 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 73,121 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 23,220 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,133 | 40.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 7,271 | 26.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 4,781 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 3,888 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 2,905 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 2,744 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 2,601 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 2,381 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 1,550 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 1,360 | 33.3 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 New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of Bloomfield. 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.