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In 2025, fire departments serving Westley responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Natural vegetation fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
May peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
43 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $32K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | — | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024 | 10 | — | |
| 2025 | 17 | +70.0% |
* Well below Westley'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 1 building fires Westley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 5 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 | 3 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 20.0% |
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 Westley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 100.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Westley departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Westley sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 651,258 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 396,624 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 11.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,000 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,300 | 11.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 19.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 37.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 7,000 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 10.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 23.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 5,600 | 43.6 mi |
Top 5 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 Westley. 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.