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In 2025, fire departments serving Tipton responded to 35 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
249 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $3.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | 56 | +33.3% | |
| 2023 | 58 | +3.6% | |
| 2024 | 58 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 35 | -39.7% |
For the 3 building fires Tipton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 184 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 | 66 | 35.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 33 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Other | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Structural area, other | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 20 | 10.9% |
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 Tipton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 122 | 66.3% | |
| 2 | Chemical reaction | 10 | 5.4% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 17 | 9.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Tipton departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Tipton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 481,875 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 150,696 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 49.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 49.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 11.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 20,500 | 47.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19,839 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 19,215 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,495 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 6,960 | 45.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,500 | 48.5 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93272 | 249 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Tipton. 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.