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In 2025, fire departments serving Blythe responded to 51 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $700K 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 57% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
311 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $6.8M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58 | — | |
| 2022 | 67 | +15.5% | |
| 2023 | 70 | +4.5% | |
| 2024 | 65 | -7.1% | |
| 2025 | 51 | -21.5% |
For the 1 building fires Blythe departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 159 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 | 37 | 23.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Switchgear area, transformer vault | 13 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 9 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 30 | 18.9% |
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 Blythe mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 73 | 45.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 19 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 11 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 10 | 6.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Blythe departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $250,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $60,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Cultivated vegetation, crop fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Blythe sits below 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 3 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 65,275 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Firearms and explosives use | 26,000 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,169 | 24.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 4,600 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 4,421 | 6.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4,200 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 | 41.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,400 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,360 | 27.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1,800 | 27.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Fireworks | 1,285 | 47.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 | 12.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,000 | 22.3 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 92225 | 311 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Blythe. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Blythe.
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.