In 2025, fire departments serving Fresno County responded to 10,553 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips.
42,968 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7,916 | |
| 2022 | 12,473 | |
| 2023 | 7,857 | |
| 2024 | 4,169 | |
| 2025 | 10,553 |
For the 632 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Fresno County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 82% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000,000 | Riverdale | Aircraft fire | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $3,000,000 | Coalinga | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | Major |
| 3 | $2,000,000 | FRESNO | Fires in structures other than in a building | Major |
| 4 | $1,500,000 | Riverdale | Aircraft fire | Major |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | FRESNO | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Major |
| 6 | $1,000,000 | Coalinga | Special outside fire, other | Major |
| 7 | $1,000,000 | Sanger | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $1,000,000 | Clovis | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Major |
| 9 | $750,000 | FRESNO | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $650,000 | Fowler | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 06019.
16 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.