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In 2025, fire departments serving Shafter responded to 83 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 42% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
573 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $3.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 96 | — | |
| 2022 | 130 | +35.4% | |
| 2023 | 130 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 134 | +3.1% | |
| 2025 | 83 | -38.1% |
For the 6 building fires Shafter departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 139 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 | 32 | 23.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 30 | 21.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 32 | 23.0% |
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 Shafter mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 13 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 13 | 9.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Shafter departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $40,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Water vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Shafter sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 690,076 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 174,178 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 150,696 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,007 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 24.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 37,026 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,213 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,442 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,988 | 46.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,416 | 17.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,820 | 34.1 mi |
Top 4 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 Shafter. 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.