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In 2025, fire departments serving Burney responded to 69 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. 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 61% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
353 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $2.1M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 77 | — | |
| 2022 | 84 | +9.1% | |
| 2023 | 81 | -3.6% | |
| 2024* | 42 | — | |
| 2025 | 69 | — |
* Well below Burney'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 5 building fires Burney departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 109 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 | Wildland, woods | 24 | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 14 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 9 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 26 | 23.9% |
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 Burney mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 61 | 56.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 7.3% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Match | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Lightning | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Conducted heat from another fire | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Arcing | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 10.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Burney departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Burney sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
7 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 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 709,517 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64,000 | 18.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63,458 | 39.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60,390 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,958 | 12.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 46,011 | 20.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40,580 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 39,387 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 31,872 | 8.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 30,886 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 28,336 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 28,079 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 27,936 | 44.6 mi |
Top 2 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 Burney. 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.