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In 2025, fire departments serving Cutler responded to 52 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
244 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.9M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | — | |
| 2022 | 31 | -29.5% | |
| 2023 | 57 | +83.9% | |
| 2024 | 60 | +5.3% | |
| 2025 | 52 | -13.3% |
For the 6 building fires Cutler departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 157 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 | 42 | 26.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 32 | 20.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 16.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 15 | 9.6% |
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 Cutler mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 97 | 61.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 14 | 8.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cutler departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $45,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $30,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $7,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cutler sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 760,047 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 379,895 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 151,623 | 32.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 20,500 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 19,215 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,349 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 9,020 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 8,675 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 8,419 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 7,963 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 7,456 | 37.6 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93615 | 244 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Cutler. 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.