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In 2025, fire departments serving Redding responded to 749 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
4,477 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $17.8M cumulative property loss. 5 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,128 | — | |
| 2022 | 1,014 | -10.1% | |
| 2023 | 883 | -12.9% | |
| 2024 | 703 | -20.4% | |
| 2025 | 749 | +6.5% |
For the 50 building fires Redding departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1,380 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 | 202 | 14.6% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 151 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 144 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 137 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 126 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 107 | 7.8% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 79 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 43 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 32 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Other | 30 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 329 | 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 Redding mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 788 | 57.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 88 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 77 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 54 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 44 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 43 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 40 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 37 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 30 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 22 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 157 | 11.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Redding departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 73% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Redding sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
12 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 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,446,826 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 328,363 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 229,651 | 16.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 66,113 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64,000 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63,458 | 26.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60,390 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 56,338 | 10.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 51,576 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,958 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 46,011 | 34.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 44,683 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40,580 | 23.3 mi |
Top 8 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 Redding. 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.