In 2025, fire departments serving Sedona responded to 126 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 56% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
634 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $3.7M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 117 | — | |
| 2022 | 139 | +18.8% | |
| 2023 | 139 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 113 | -18.7% | |
| 2025 | 126 | +11.5% |
For the 6 building fires Sedona departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 121 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 | 23 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 16 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 37 | 30.6% |
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 Sedona mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 41.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 15 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 10 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Sedona departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 87% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sedona sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 346,374 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Natural | 33,850 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,516 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 23,885 | 23.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,077 | 6.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 17,788 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 17,218 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 16,790 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 16,738 | 41.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 16,400 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 15,333 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 15,075 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 13,790 | 42.6 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 Arizona cities with population within ±25% of Sedona. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Sedona.
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.