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In 2025, fire departments serving Oildale responded to 296 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K 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 67% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,672 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $8.6M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 317 | — | |
| 2022 | 476 | +50.2% | |
| 2023 | 280 | -41.2% | |
| 2024 | 303 | +8.2% | |
| 2025 | 296 | -2.3% |
For the 8 building fires Oildale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 278 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 | 56 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 46 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 37 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 18 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 14 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 60 | 21.6% |
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 Oildale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 185 | 66.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 14 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 13 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 27 | 9.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Oildale departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 72% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Oildale sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
9 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 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 690,574 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 174,178 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 150,696 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,007 | 34.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 33.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 37,026 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,213 | 22.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,442 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 12,018 | 45.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,416 | 7.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,820 | 25.7 mi |
Top 2 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 Oildale. 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.