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In 2025, fire departments serving Heber responded to 37 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
148 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $21.6M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | 38 | -9.5% | |
| 2023* | 16 | — | |
| 2024* | 15 | — | |
| 2025 | 37 | — |
* Well below Heber'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 5 building fires Heber departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 110 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 | 41 | 37.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 19 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Assembly area - less than 100 persons | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 6.4% |
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 Heber mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 80 | 72.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 4.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Heber departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Outside storage fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $130,000 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $80,000 | Outside stationary compactor/compacted trash fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $42,500 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $40,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $2,500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,500 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Heber sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,448 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,910 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,650 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 995 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 821 | 46.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 631 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 420 | 33.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 303 | 47.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 290 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 261 | 14.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 49.6 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 California cities with population within ±25% of Heber. 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.