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In 2025, fire departments serving Dunnigan responded to 106 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M 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 58% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
443 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 19 | — | |
| 2022 | 96 | — | |
| 2023 | 101 | +5.2% | |
| 2024 | 121 | +19.8% | |
| 2025 | 106 | -12.4% |
* Well below Dunnigan'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 1 building fires Dunnigan departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 170 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 | 56 | 32.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 40 | 23.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 10.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 5.9% |
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 Dunnigan mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 118 | 69.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 9 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Chemical reaction | 7 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 10 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Dunnigan departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Cultivated orchard or vineyard fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Dunnigan sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,109,757 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 13.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 76,825 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76,067 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 69,363 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 37.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,000 | 20.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39,138 | 16.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,502 | 49.1 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 Dunnigan. 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.