In 2025, fire departments serving Peoria responded to 476 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,155 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.4M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 213 | — | |
| 2022 | 167 | -21.6% | |
| 2023 | 153 | -8.4% | |
| 2024 | 146 | -4.6% | |
| 2025 | 476 | +226.0% |
For the 85 building fires Peoria departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 143 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 | 23 | 16.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 21 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 6 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Other | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 34 | 23.8% |
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 Peoria mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 53 | 37.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 14 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 12 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 17 | 11.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Peoria departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 94% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Peoria sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
194 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 41 | |
| 30-39 | 53 | |
| 40-49 | 58 | |
| 50-59 | 32 | |
| 60-69 | 9 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 918,101 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Natural | 248,310 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 193,455 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 119,500 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 72,000 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 33,550 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,516 | 39.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 24,505 | 30.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 22,092 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,618 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Other causes | 16,240 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,534 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,476 | 28.6 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 Arizona cities with population within ±25% of Peoria. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Peoria.
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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.