In 2025, fire departments serving Kings County responded to 1,273 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips.
6,727 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,327 | |
| 2022 | 1,275 | |
| 2023 | 1,381 | |
| 2024 | 1,471 | |
| 2025 | 1,273 |
For the 91 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Kings County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 54% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | LEMOORE | Outside equipment fire | Major |
| 2 | $377,600 | HANFORD | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $310,000 | LEMOORE | Outside equipment fire | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | LEMOORE | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | LEMOORE | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Kettleman City | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | LEMOORE | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | LEMOORE | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant |
| 9 | $150,000 | AVENAL | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $106,107 | Hanford | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 06031.
6 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.