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In 2025, fire departments serving La Quinta responded to 106 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.5M 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 48% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
553 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $8.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 93 | — | |
| 2022 | 115 | +23.7% | |
| 2023 | 120 | +4.3% | |
| 2024 | 119 | -0.8% | |
| 2025 | 106 | -10.9% |
For the 7 building fires La Quinta departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 232 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 | 36 | 15.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 30 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 18 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 17 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Other | 9 | 3.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 59 | 25.4% |
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 La Quinta mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 74 | 31.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 32 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 18 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Chemical reaction | 12 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 28 | 12.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by La Quinta departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $35,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. La Quinta sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
10 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
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 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 61,700 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 45.7 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,164 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 26.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 42.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23,455 | 31.4 mi |
Top 10 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 La Quinta. 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.