In 2025, fire departments serving Scenic responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . 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 75% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
53 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | 9 | -43.8% | |
| 2023 | 10 | +11.1% | |
| 2024* | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 12 | — |
* Well below Scenic's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Scenic departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 21 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 | 8 | 38.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 4.8% |
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 Scenic mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Match | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 4.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Scenic sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,124,222 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Natural | 238,058 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 149,131 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 65,480 | 25.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59,265 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 56,003 | 18.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 50,737 | 21.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 44,707 | 16.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 43,245 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 41,451 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 38,628 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 35,639 | 21.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 34,200 | 22.5 mi |
Top 2 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 Scenic. 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.