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In 2025, fire departments serving Delano responded to 231 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K 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 53% of all calls.
May peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,437 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $10.5M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 339 | — | |
| 2022 | 271 | -20.1% | |
| 2023 | 318 | +17.3% | |
| 2024 | 278 | -12.6% | |
| 2025 | 231 | -16.9% |
For the 20 building fires Delano departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 419 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 | 112 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 52 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 27 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 27 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 26 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 17 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 104 | 24.8% |
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 Delano mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 283 | 67.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 39 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 31 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 1.4% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 1.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 5 | 1.2% | |
| 8 | Incendiary device | 4 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 26 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Delano departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 69% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Delano 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 4 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 517,600 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 150,696 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,007 | 46.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 32.7 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 22.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,213 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,442 | 44.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,416 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,820 | 39.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,845 | 36.3 mi |
Top 7 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 Delano. 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.