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In 2025, fire departments serving Palermo responded to 111 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $70K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
May peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
503 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.4M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | — | |
| 2022 | 99 | +23.8% | |
| 2023 | 90 | -9.1% | |
| 2024 | 123 | +36.7% | |
| 2025 | 111 | -9.8% |
For the 4 building fires Palermo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 108 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 16 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 8 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 33 | 30.6% |
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 Palermo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 34.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Candle | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 16 | 14.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Palermo departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 92% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $70,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $44,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $15,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Palermo sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 926,519 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 318,776 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 153,336 | 26.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 75,431 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55,261 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 47,647 | 31.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 44,683 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 34,175 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 23,344 | 25.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,609 | 7.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 13,652 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 13,009 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 12,154 | 35.0 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 Palermo. 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.