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In 2025, fire departments serving Bolinas responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500 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 68% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
162 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $156K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | — | |
| 2022* | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | 44 | — | |
| 2024 | 29 | -34.1% | |
| 2025 | 34 | +17.2% |
* Well below Bolinas'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 Bolinas departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 27 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 | 7 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 11.1% |
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 Bolinas mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 44.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Warning or road flare; fusee | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 7.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Bolinas departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bolinas sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 572,916 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 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 48.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 14.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 5,000 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 4,929 | 9.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,200 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Firearms and explosives use | 3,100 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 26.7 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 | 94924 | 162 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Bolinas. 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.