In 2025, fire departments serving Farmington responded to 759 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
3,400 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $3.9M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 676 | — | |
| 2022 | 620 | -8.3% | |
| 2023 | 647 | +4.4% | |
| 2024 | 698 | +7.9% | |
| 2025 | 759 | +8.7% |
For the 73 building fires Farmington departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 779 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 | 233 | 29.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 107 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 54 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 36 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 24 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 23 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 20 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 12 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 208 | 26.7% |
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 Farmington mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 418 | 53.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 52 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 48 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 32 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 28 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 18 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 17 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 17 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 101 | 13.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Farmington departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 83% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $58,336 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $49,701 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $41,258 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Farmington sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
9 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 | 3 | |
| 20-29 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 70,817 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Natural | 23,220 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,133 | 36.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 7,271 | 27.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 4,781 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 3,888 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 2,905 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 2,744 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 2,601 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 2,381 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 1,550 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 1,360 | 29.0 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 1,116 | 19.7 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of Farmington. 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.