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In 2025, fire departments serving Chester responded to 23 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $60K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
66 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $248K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 21 | +75.0% | |
| 2023* | 3 | — | |
| 2024* | 7 | — | |
| 2025 | 23 | — |
* Well below Chester'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 0 building fires Chester departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 23 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 | 6 | 26.1% | |
| 2 | Other | 5 | 21.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 10 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 13.0% |
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 Chester mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 6 | 26.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 13.0% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 13.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 4.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Chester departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $4,500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Chester sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,213,714 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 318,776 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 153,336 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 75,431 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 64,994 | 20.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60,390 | 23.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55,261 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54,608 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,958 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 47,647 | 30.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 44,683 | 26.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 34,175 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 29,570 | 24.9 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 Chester. 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.