In 2025, fire departments serving Los Lunas responded to 342 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $2.5M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,612 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $3.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 345 | — | |
| 2022 | 284 | -17.7% | |
| 2023 | 322 | +13.4% | |
| 2024 | 319 | -0.9% | |
| 2025 | 342 | +7.2% |
For the 45 building fires Los Lunas departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 720 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 | Outside area, other | 259 | 36.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 193 | 26.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 53 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Other | 37 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 19 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 18 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 9 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 82 | 11.4% |
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 Los Lunas mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 466 | 64.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 56 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Match | 32 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 26 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 21 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 14 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Arcing | 10 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 56 | 7.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Los Lunas departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,500,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $6,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,500 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $400 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $250 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Los Lunas sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
11 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 | 8 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 87,885 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17,912 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 13,709 | 20.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,000 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 7,836 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,969 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 5,478 | 22.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 3,840 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,700 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,560 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 2,213 | 19.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2,000 | 6.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,730 | 32.8 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of Los Lunas. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
5 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Los Lunas.
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.