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In 2025, fire departments serving Benicia responded to 99 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
699 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $14.7M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 153 | — | |
| 2022 | 167 | +9.2% | |
| 2023 | 154 | -7.8% | |
| 2024 | 126 | -18.2% | |
| 2025 | 99 | -21.4% |
For the 2 building fires Benicia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 274 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 | 39 | 14.2% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 35 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 32 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 23 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 15 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 63 | 23.0% |
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 Benicia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 154 | 56.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 18 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 25 | 9.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Benicia departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $500,000 | Outside equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $130,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $4,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Benicia sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
6 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 615,359 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 28.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 22.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 45.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 31.6 mi |
Top 4 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 Benicia. 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.