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In 2025, fire departments serving Cathedral City responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $160K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Cathedral City's departments reported 27 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 47 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
235 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $2.4M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 147 | — | |
| 2022* | 10 | — | |
| 2023* | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | 29 | — | |
| 2025* | 27 | — |
* Well below Cathedral City'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 7 building fires Cathedral City departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 120 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 | 29 | 24.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 21 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Exterior, exposed surface | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 21 | 17.5% |
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 Cathedral City mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 55.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 11 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Fireworks | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Arcing | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 6.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cathedral City departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $160,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cathedral City sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 687,431 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 61,700 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 17.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 30.6 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,164 | 23.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 17.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 24,000 | 39.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23,455 | 15.3 mi |
Top 6 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 Cathedral City. 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.