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In 2025, fire departments serving Arroyo Grande responded to 46 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $60K 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 61% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
127 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.1M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 3 | — | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024 | 76 | — | |
| 2025 | 46 | -39.5% |
* Well below Arroyo Grande'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 4 building fires Arroyo Grande departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 21 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 | 5 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 4.8% |
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 Arroyo Grande mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 23.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Arroyo Grande departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Arroyo Grande sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 760,217 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 240,207 | 36.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 22.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91,622 | 36.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49,490 | 23.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 48,851 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46,235 | 44.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Smoking | 43,201 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,687 | 17.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 48.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14,537 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,742 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,700 | 24.5 mi |
Top 2 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 Arroyo Grande. 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.