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In 2025, fire departments serving Taft responded to 203 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 48% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
972 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $6.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 152 | — | |
| 2022 | 217 | +42.8% | |
| 2023 | 242 | +11.5% | |
| 2024 | 158 | -34.7% | |
| 2025 | 203 | +28.5% |
For the 16 building fires Taft departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 238 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 | 48 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 18 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 16 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 9 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 7 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 7 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 79 | 33.2% |
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 Taft mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 151 | 63.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 23 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 14 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Incendiary device | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 16 | 6.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Taft departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 76% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Taft sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
8 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 5 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 869,166 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 240,207 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 174,178 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91,622 | 33.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49,490 | 42.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 21.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Smoking | 43,201 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 32,606 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,213 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21,645 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,431 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,988 | 19.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14,537 | 31.8 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 California cities with population within ±25% of Taft. 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.