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In 2025, fire departments serving Mecca responded to 134 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
841 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $8.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 142 | — | |
| 2022 | 205 | +44.4% | |
| 2023 | 195 | -4.9% | |
| 2024 | 165 | -15.4% | |
| 2025 | 134 | -18.8% |
For the 6 building fires Mecca departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 416 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 | 115 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 97 | 23.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 65 | 15.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 1.2% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 43 | 10.3% |
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 Mecca mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 257 | 61.8% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 34 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 19 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 9 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Incendiary device | 6 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 34 | 8.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mecca departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 87% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Special outside fire, other | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $300,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $80,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $75,000 | Cultivated trees or nursery stock fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $75,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mecca sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 396,092 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 61,700 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 39.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23,455 | 44.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 20,901 | 25.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 19,575 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,100 | 34.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 14,000 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,229 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 12,000 | 10.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 10,632 | 39.9 mi |
Top 9 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 Mecca. 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.