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In 2025, fire departments serving Reedley responded to 215 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,113 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $5.9M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 196 | — | |
| 2022 | 269 | +37.2% | |
| 2023 | 254 | -5.6% | |
| 2024 | 179 | -29.5% | |
| 2025 | 215 | +20.1% |
For the 17 building fires Reedley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 286 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 | 94 | 32.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 41 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 41 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 8 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 8 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 52 | 18.2% |
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 Reedley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 190 | 66.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 20 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Match | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 20 | 7.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Reedley departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 87% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $40,000 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $35,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $30,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Reedley sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 708,997 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 379,895 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 151,623 | 35.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 22,992 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 13,837 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,349 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 9,020 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 8,675 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 7,456 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,702 | 46.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,607 | 20.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,250 | 42.9 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 Reedley. 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.