In 2025, fire departments serving Gamerco responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $3K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
59 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $139K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022* | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | -25.0% | |
| 2025 | 19 | +111.1% |
* Well below Gamerco'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 Gamerco departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 31 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 | 13 | 41.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 8 | 25.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 6.5% |
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 Gamerco mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 24 | 77.4% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 3.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Gamerco departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Gamerco sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 68,115 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 14,712 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 12,861 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 9,338 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8,595 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 3,473 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 3,392 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2,780 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,701 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1,655 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1,122 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 923 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 766 | 47.9 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 | 87317 | 59 |
Six New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of Gamerco. 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.