In 2025, fire departments serving Taylor responded to 45 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
216 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $263K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | — | |
| 2022 | 62 | +31.9% | |
| 2023 | 40 | -35.5% | |
| 2024* | 22 | — | |
| 2025 | 45 | — |
* Well below Taylor'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 6 building fires Taylor departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 29 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 | Outside area, other | 4 | 13.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 9 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 27.6% |
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 Taylor mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 8 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 13.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Taylor sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 697,824 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 259,158 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 209,704 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 48,443 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 45,977 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 24,109 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,936 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9,005 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 8,690 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,975 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 6,399 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 6,262 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 5,491 | 42.8 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 Arizona cities with population within ±25% of Taylor. 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.