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In 2025, fire departments serving Calexico responded to 191 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $750K 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 53% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,099 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $17.8M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 168 | — | |
| 2022 | 353 | +110.1% | |
| 2023 | 254 | -28.0% | |
| 2024 | 133 | -47.6% | |
| 2025 | 191 | +43.6% |
For the 14 building fires Calexico departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 822 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 | 268 | 32.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 102 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 83 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 72 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 42 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 39 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Vacant structural area | 27 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 22 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 17 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 125 | 15.2% |
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 Calexico mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 457 | 55.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 129 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 45 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 26 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 23 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 21 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 16 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 15 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Match | 13 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 61 | 7.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Calexico departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 91% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $500,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $337,800 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $250,000 | Outside equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Calexico sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,290 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 | 43.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,650 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 40.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 821 | 49.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 631 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 420 | 34.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 303 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 290 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 261 | 12.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Smoking | 210 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 210 | 47.0 mi |
Top 7 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 Calexico. 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.