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In 2025, fire departments serving Coachella responded to 205 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $700K 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 59% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,031 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $11.1M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 214 | — | |
| 2022 | 194 | -9.3% | |
| 2023 | 194 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 224 | +15.5% | |
| 2025 | 205 | -8.5% |
For the 8 building fires Coachella departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 521 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 | 88 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 82 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 70 | 13.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 57 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 25 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Other | 21 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 18 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 16 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 12 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 107 | 20.5% |
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 Coachella mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 295 | 56.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 32 | 6.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 31 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 28 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 11 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 62 | 11.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Coachella departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 85% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Cultivated trees or nursery stock fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $230,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $130,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $80,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Coachella sits below 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 451,827 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 61,700 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 38.6 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,164 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 33.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23,455 | 36.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 20,901 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20,292 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 19,575 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,100 | 36.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 14,000 | 23.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,229 | 36.0 mi |
Top 5 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 Coachella. 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.