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In 2025, fire departments serving Hanford responded to 655 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $378K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
3,200 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $13.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 634 | — | |
| 2022 | 591 | -6.8% | |
| 2023 | 623 | +5.4% | |
| 2024 | 697 | +11.9% | |
| 2025 | 655 | -6.0% |
For the 48 building fires Hanford departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1,365 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 | 308 | 22.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 234 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 198 | 14.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 102 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 79 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 63 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 60 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 58 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 22 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 21 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 220 | 16.1% |
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 Hanford mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 904 | 66.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 81 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 48 | 3.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 46 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 41 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 39 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 21 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 20 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 111 | 8.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hanford departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 71% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $377,600 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $106,107 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $77,288 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $74,805 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $74,805 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $72,556 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $71,838 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $65,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hanford sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
21 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 5 | |
| 30-39 | 7 | |
| 40-49 | 4 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 224,796 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 44.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 34.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19,839 | 32.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,349 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 42.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,495 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,738 | 37.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,607 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5,600 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,514 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4,479 | 38.2 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 | 93230 | 3,200 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Hanford. 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.