In 2025, fire departments serving Globe responded to 139 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 51% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
770 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 190 | — | |
| 2022 | 159 | -16.3% | |
| 2023 | 154 | -3.1% | |
| 2024 | 128 | -16.9% | |
| 2025 | 139 | +8.6% |
For the 9 building fires Globe departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 271 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 | 49 | 18.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 34 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 25 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Other | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 69 | 25.5% |
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 Globe mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 103 | 38.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 25 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Lightning | 18 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 42 | 15.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Globe departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 94% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $38,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Globe sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 984,257 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 193,455 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 123,875 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 73,682 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 72,000 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 61,821 | 13.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 58,960 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 33,826 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 33,633 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 30,641 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 30,408 | 22.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 29,639 | 20.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 28,051 | 26.9 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 Globe. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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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.