In 2025, fire departments serving Huachuca City responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Biological hazard, confirmed or suspected lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
57 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $301K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | 17 | -10.5% | |
| 2024* | 2 | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | — |
* Well below Huachuca City'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 1 building fires Huachuca City departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | 7 | 28.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 12.0% |
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 Huachuca City mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 52.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Match | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 4.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Huachuca City sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 363,473 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 | 68,079 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Fireworks | 46,991 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 38,179 | 18.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,526 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,369 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 15,210 | 32.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 14,590 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,015 | 18.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,950 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 10,775 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,610 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,711 | 45.1 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 | 85616 | 57 |
Six Arizona cities with population within ±25% of Huachuca City. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Huachuca City.
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.