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In 2025, fire departments serving Holtville responded to 55 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 69% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
122 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $2.0M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | — | |
| 2022 | 17 | -39.3% | |
| 2023* | 12 | — | |
| 2024* | 10 | — | |
| 2025 | 55 | — |
* Well below Holtville'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 15 building fires Holtville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 40 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 | 11 | 27.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 9 | 22.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 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 Holtville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 75.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 2.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Holtville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 91% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $352,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $125,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Holtville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,924 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,169 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 | 47.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1,800 | 48.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,650 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 836 | 48.7 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 | 48.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 480 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 420 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 352 | 46.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 290 | 23.8 mi |
Top 3 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 Holtville. 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.