In 2025, fire departments serving Goodyear responded to 506 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 70% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,198 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $6.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 346 | — | |
| 2022 | 430 | +24.3% | |
| 2023 | 456 | +6.0% | |
| 2024 | 460 | +0.9% | |
| 2025 | 506 | +10.0% |
For the 50 building fires Goodyear departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 409 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 | Vehicle area, other | 91 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 63 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 45 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 24 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 22 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 20 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 11 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 90 | 22.0% |
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 Goodyear mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 98 | 24.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 95 | 23.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 85 | 20.8% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 38 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 19 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 12 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 8 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 20 | 4.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Goodyear departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 93% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $130,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 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. Goodyear sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
24 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 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 6 | |
| 40-49 | 9 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 123,681 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Natural | 24,505 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 17,131 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 6,660 | 7.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,628 | 25.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,512 | 8.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 6,229 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5,243 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5,000 | 18.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,801 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 4,499 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 4,300 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 4,200 | 38.3 mi |
Top 8 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 Goodyear. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Goodyear.
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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.