Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
The Dome Fire has burned 6,632 acres in Yosemite National Park and is 40% contained as of Oct. 3, with 765 personnel assigned; Glacier Point Road stays closed.
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In 2025, fire departments serving Berkeley responded to 1,205 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
5,586 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 998 | — | |
| 2022 | 968 | -3.0% | |
| 2023 | 1,271 | +31.3% | |
| 2024 | 1,144 | -10.0% | |
| 2025 | 1,205 | +5.3% |
For the 33 building fires Berkeley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 537 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 | Undetermined | 160 | 29.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 53 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 48 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 25 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 16 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 133 | 24.8% |
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 Berkeley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 310 | 57.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 58 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 45 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 33 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 14 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Candle | 5 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 31 | 5.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Berkeley sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
9 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 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,056,555 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 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 36.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 47.2 mi |
Top 10 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 Berkeley. 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.