In 2025, fire departments serving Linden responded to 20 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Trash or rubbish fire, contained lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
105 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $182K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | — | |
| 2022 | 24 | +26.3% | |
| 2023 | 24 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 18 | -25.0% | |
| 2025 | 20 | +11.1% |
For the 1 building fires Linden departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | Other | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 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 Linden mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Linden departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $9,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Linden sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 768,861 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 259,158 | 22.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 209,704 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 48,443 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 45,977 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 33,826 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 33,633 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 24,109 | 28.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,936 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9,005 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 8,930 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,800 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 8,690 | 18.8 mi |
Top 6 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Arizona cities with population within ±25% of Linden. 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.