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In 2025, fire departments serving Corcoran responded to 178 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
834 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $5.9M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 134 | — | |
| 2022 | 135 | +0.7% | |
| 2023 | 155 | +14.8% | |
| 2024 | 232 | +49.7% | |
| 2025 | 178 | -23.3% |
For the 9 building fires Corcoran departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 353 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 | 83 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 57 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 49 | 13.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 16 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 67 | 19.0% |
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 Corcoran mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 227 | 64.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 20 | 5.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 13 | 3.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 13 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 6 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 30 | 8.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Corcoran departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 81% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $75,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $35,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $35,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Corcoran sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 287,774 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 38.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 47.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 24.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19,839 | 30.3 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 44.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,495 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,738 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5,600 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5,196 | 44.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4,479 | 40.9 mi |
Top 9 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 Corcoran. 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.