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In 2025, fire departments serving Highland responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K 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.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
57 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $21.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 27 | +237.5% | |
| 2025 | 12 | -55.6% |
* Well below Highland'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 4 building fires Highland departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | 8 | 80.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Highland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 90.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Highland departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Highland sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 947,611 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 8.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 10.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 61,700 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 18.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 15.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 20.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 14.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 38.3 mi |
Top 4 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 Highland. 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.