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In 2025, fire departments serving Brawley responded to 138 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 46% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
858 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.8M cumulative property loss. 4 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 123 | — | |
| 2022 | 204 | +65.9% | |
| 2023 | 174 | -14.7% | |
| 2024 | 219 | +25.9% | |
| 2025 | 138 | -37.0% |
For the 10 building fires Brawley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 649 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 | 329 | 50.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 84 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 35 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Other | 32 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 12 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 8 | 1.2% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 76 | 11.7% |
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 Brawley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 485 | 74.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 30 | 4.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 27 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 2.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 1.5% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 9 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 32 | 4.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Brawley departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $115,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $46,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $17,250 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $12,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $7,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Brawley sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,956 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,910 | 48.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,650 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 44.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,335 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 821 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 631 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 456 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 420 | 40.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 31.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 290 | 14.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 261 | 24.3 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 California cities with population within ±25% of Brawley. 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.