In 2025, fire departments serving High Rolls responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $301K 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 83% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
52 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.6M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | 13 | +62.5% | |
| 2025 | 18 | +38.5% |
* Well below High Rolls'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 High Rolls departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 16.7% |
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 High Rolls mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by High Rolls departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $301,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. High Rolls sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 411,866 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Natural | 101,562 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 40,000 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 31,861 | 19.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 29,952 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,329 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 19,000 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,422 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16,141 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16,034 | 16.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Smoking | 16,020 | 13.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12,000 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Fireworks | 10,334 | 28.8 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 New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of High Rolls. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in High Rolls.
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.