In 2025, fire departments serving Tulare County responded to 3,870 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $4.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Sep dips.
24,854 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,794 | |
| 2022 | 5,263 | |
| 2023 | 5,757 | |
| 2024 | 5,170 | |
| 2025 | 3,870 |
For the 255 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Tulare County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 44% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,016,401 | Porterville | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $1,817,000 | FOUNTAINSPRINGS | Grass fire | Major |
| 3 | $1,500,000 | Orosi | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $850,000 | Springville | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Pixley | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Lindsay | Grass fire | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Three Rivers | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Major |
| 8 | $500,000 | Tipton | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $450,000 | Visalia | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $400,000 | Tulare | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 06107.
9 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.