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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Victorville, California

In 2025, fire departments serving Victorville responded to 91 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $70K building blaze. Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade A- Peak yr 2021 San Bernardino County 134,417 residents 0 reporting departments 1,072 5-yr

Incomplete 2025 data. Victorville's departments reported 91 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 214 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.

Total incidents
91
Not comparable with 2024 (incomplete reporting)
Building fires
18
Residential 67% Other 33%
Property loss
$163K
$117K structure · $46K contents
Deaths & injuries
1 / 0
1 civilian deaths · 0 civ injuries · 0 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.

91
Total Incidents
Building fires 18 19.8%
Fire, other 10 11.0%
Passenger vehicle fire 10 11.0%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 6 6.6%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 6 6.6%
All other categories 41 45.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 15
Feb 6
Mar 7
Apr 7
May 1
Jun 13
Jul 10
Aug 9
Sep 6
Oct 9
Nov 8
Dec 0
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Victorville

1,072 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $4.0M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021 662 —
2022* 86 —
2023* 110 —
2024* 123 —
2025* 91 —

* Well below Victorville'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.

03 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 18 building fires Victorville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
19%
4
Cause undetermined
48%
10
Intentional / arson
19%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
14%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Victorville?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 247 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 originCountShare 
1 Undetermined 112 45.3%
2 Engine area, running gear, wheel area 36 14.6%
3 Outside area, other 19 7.7%
4 Vehicle storage area; garage, carport 9 3.6%
5 Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison 7 2.8%
6 Vehicle area, other 7 2.8%
7 Other 6 2.4%
8 Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles 6 2.4%
9 Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. 5 2.0%
10 Open area - outside; included are farmland, field 4 1.6%
11 All other areas 36 14.6%
3c What ignited it

What actually ignited the fire?

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 Victorville mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Undetermined 189 76.5%
2 Heat from powered equipment, other 12 4.9%
3 Heat source: other 9 3.6%
4 Arcing 5 2.0%
5 Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment 4 1.6%
6 Incendiary device 4 1.6%
7 Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment 3 1.2%
8 Hot ember or ash 3 1.2%
9 Fireworks 3 1.2%
10 Heat from other open flame or smoking materials 3 1.2%
11 All other sources 12 4.9%
04 The biggest fires

5 fires · $117K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses reported by Victorville departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.

# Property loss Type Severity Status
1 $70,000 Passenger vehicle fire Significant Investigated
2 $20,000 Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire Significant Investigated
3 $10,000 Fire, other Significant Investigated
4 $10,000 Passenger vehicle fire Significant Investigated
5 $7,000 Passenger vehicle fire Significant Investigated
05 How Victorville compares

Victorville vs California vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Victorville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.

0.68
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Victorville
0.68
CA avg
5.32
US avg
7.48
0.13
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Victorville
0.13
CA avg
0.32
US avg
0.85
7.4
Civilian fire deaths per million
Victorville
7.4
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.9
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Victorville

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 732,304 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 115,997 39.6 mi
2003 Arson/incendiarism 91,281 23.3 mi
1999 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 65,000 21.9 mi
2003 Arson/incendiarism 59,788 25.9 mi
2015 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 51,000 36.4 mi
2002 Arson/incendiarism 37,240 32.2 mi
2016 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 36,274 19.3 mi
2020 Equipment and vehicle use 33,424 43.2 mi
2006 Natural 24,000 35.8 mi
2020 Fireworks 22,744 38.7 mi
2018 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 22,000 27.4 mi
2002 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 20,857 32.8 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Victorville do fires concentrate?

Top 10 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.

#ZIP5-yr incidents 
1 92395 416
2 92392 400
3 92394 203
4 92307 14
5 92368 13
6 92371 12
7 92301 7
8 92342 3
9 92345 3
10 92329 1
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Victorville

Six California cities with population within ±25% of Victorville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.

07 Stay prepared

Before the next Red Flag day.

A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.

About this data

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.