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In 2025, fire departments serving Earlimart responded to 90 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $280K 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 72% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
702 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $24.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 140 | — | |
| 2022 | 143 | +2.1% | |
| 2023 | 177 | +23.8% | |
| 2024 | 152 | -14.1% | |
| 2025 | 90 | -40.8% |
For the 4 building fires Earlimart departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 563 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 | Outside area, other | 129 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 127 | 22.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 85 | 15.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 52 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 46 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 14 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 11 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 10 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 7 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 65 | 11.5% |
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 Earlimart mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 420 | 74.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 42 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 15 | 2.7% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 2.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 2.0% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 6 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 6 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 6 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 30 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Earlimart departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 88% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $280,000 | Fire, other | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $15,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $15,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Earlimart 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 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 578,177 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 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,007 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 39.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 15.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,213 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 20,500 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19,839 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,442 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,416 | 39.8 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 | 93219 | 701 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Earlimart. 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.