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In 2025, fire departments serving Alamo responded to 42 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
236 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 53 | — | |
| 2023 | 66 | +24.5% | |
| 2024 | 68 | +3.0% | |
| 2025 | 42 | -38.2% |
* Well below Alamo'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 Alamo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 38 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 8 | 21.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 21.1% |
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 Alamo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 31.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Candle | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Alamo departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Alamo sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,003,528 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 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 39.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 45.7 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94507 | 216 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Alamo. 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.