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In 2025, fire departments serving Rancho Mirage responded to 70 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 51% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
320 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $5.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 69 | — | |
| 2022 | 56 | -18.8% | |
| 2023 | 67 | +19.6% | |
| 2024 | 58 | -13.4% | |
| 2025 | 70 | +20.7% |
For the 4 building fires Rancho Mirage departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 115 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 | 22 | 19.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 13 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 12 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 35 | 30.4% |
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 Rancho Mirage mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 54 | 47.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 11 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 6.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Rancho Mirage departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 89% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $69,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rancho Mirage sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 682,450 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 61,700 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 21.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 34.6 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,164 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 17.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 24,000 | 44.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23,455 | 20.0 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 Rancho Mirage. 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.