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In 2025, fire departments serving Lake Isabella responded to 65 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
480 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $3.9M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | 98 | +25.6% | |
| 2023 | 120 | +22.4% | |
| 2024 | 119 | -0.8% | |
| 2025 | 65 | -45.4% |
For the 2 building fires Lake Isabella departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 89 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 | 14 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Corridor, mall | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 30 | 33.7% |
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 Lake Isabella mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 46.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 10 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 10.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lake Isabella departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $35,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $6,000 | Water vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $200 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lake Isabella sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 644,702 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 150,696 | 16.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75,000 | 19.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,007 | 1.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 37,026 | 15.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 9.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,577 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,213 | 19.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 20,500 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 19,215 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,442 | 10.2 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 Lake Isabella. 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.