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In 2025, fire departments serving Visalia responded to 898 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $450K 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 51% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
5,806 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $31.7M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,267 | — | |
| 2022 | 1,217 | -3.9% | |
| 2023 | 1,334 | +9.6% | |
| 2024 | 1,090 | -18.3% | |
| 2025 | 898 | -17.6% |
For the 47 building fires Visalia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1,526 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 | 312 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 196 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 164 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 140 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 75 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 74 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 48 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 48 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 45 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 39 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 385 | 25.2% |
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 Visalia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 967 | 63.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 74 | 4.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 49 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 48 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 42 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 42 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 36 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 30 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 27 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 25 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 186 | 12.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Visalia departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 56% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $342,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Visalia sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
41 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 10 | |
| 40-49 | 7 | |
| 50-59 | 12 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 3 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 389,180 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Natural | 151,623 | 44.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 21.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 20,500 | 45.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19,839 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 19,215 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,349 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 9,020 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 8,419 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 7,456 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 6,960 | 44.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,607 | 37.5 mi |
Top 8 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 Visalia. 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.