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In 2025, fire departments serving Pixley responded to 51 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
397 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $4.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | — | |
| 2022 | 77 | -3.8% | |
| 2023 | 99 | +28.6% | |
| 2024 | 90 | -9.1% | |
| 2025 | 51 | -43.3% |
For the 2 building fires Pixley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 287 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 | Outside area, other | 78 | 27.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 63 | 22.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 38 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 25 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 17 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Other | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 3 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 24 | 8.4% |
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 Pixley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 168 | 58.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 24 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 17 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 11 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Match | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 24 | 8.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Pixley departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $21,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $7,100 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $7,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pixley sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 518,414 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 150,696 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 44.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 12.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 20,500 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19,839 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 19,215 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,442 | 48.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,416 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,820 | 48.8 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93256 | 397 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Pixley. 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.