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In 2025, fire departments serving Palm Desert responded to 211 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $501K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,021 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $31.5M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 186 | — | |
| 2022 | 182 | -2.2% | |
| 2023 | 242 | +33.0% | |
| 2024 | 200 | -17.4% | |
| 2025 | 211 | +5.5% |
For the 14 building fires Palm Desert departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 357 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 | 57 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 52 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 35 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 17 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 123 | 34.5% |
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 Palm Desert mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 163 | 45.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 28 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 18 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 17 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 9 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 47 | 13.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Palm Desert departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 84% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $501,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $85,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Palm Desert sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
7 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 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 864,022 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 61,700 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 38.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,164 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 20.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 24,000 | 47.5 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 California cities with population within ±25% of Palm Desert. 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.