In 2025, fire departments serving Fredonia responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
May peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
44 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 7 | +0.0% | |
| 2023 | 14 | +100.0% | |
| 2024* | 4 | — | |
| 2025 | 12 | — |
* Well below Fredonia'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 0 building fires Fredonia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 11 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 | Other | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 4 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 9.1% |
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 Fredonia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Lightning | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fredonia sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 348,849 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 | 71,450 | 24.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 58,630 | 27.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 35,907 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 19,368 | 33.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 17,688 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,632 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 16,416 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 12,000 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 11,405 | 22.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 9,190 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 8,354 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,061 | 33.4 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 Arizona cities with population within ±25% of Fredonia. 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.