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In 2025, fire departments serving Indian Wells responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $800K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Jul peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
75 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $3.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 20 | +66.7% | |
| 2025 | 24 | +20.0% |
* Well below Indian Wells'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 2 building fires Indian Wells 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 32.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 8.0% |
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 Indian Wells mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 36.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Candle | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 4.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Indian Wells departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $3,500 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $3,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,200 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Indian Wells sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 850,353 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 61,700 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 41.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,164 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 22.3 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 39.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23,455 | 26.5 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 Indian Wells. 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.