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In 2025, fire departments serving Atascadero responded to 204 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
997 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $3.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 183 | — | |
| 2022 | 206 | +12.6% | |
| 2023 | 191 | -7.3% | |
| 2024 | 213 | +11.5% | |
| 2025 | 204 | -4.2% |
For the 20 building fires Atascadero departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 147 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 | 33 | 22.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 17 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 12 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Other | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 40 | 27.2% |
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 Atascadero mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 57 | 38.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 13 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 10 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 13 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Atascadero departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Grass fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $110,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $62,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Atascadero sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 467,776 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 15.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49,490 | 37.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 48,851 | 4.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46,235 | 21.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,667 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,687 | 38.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 14,507 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,700 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7,050 | 42.9 mi |
Top 9 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 Atascadero. 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.