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In 2025, fire departments serving Boronda responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $70K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
50 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $184K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | — | |
| 2022* | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | 16 | +128.6% | |
| 2025 | 12 | -25.0% |
* Well below Boronda'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 Boronda departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 16 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 | 9 | 56.2% | |
| 2 | Storage area, other | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 6.2% |
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 Boronda mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 87.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Match | 1 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Boronda departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $70,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,000 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Boronda sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 879,907 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Natural | 162,818 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 132,127 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 124,924 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 81,378 | 42.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 49,551 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,088 | 9.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 23.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 23,761 | 29.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 12,960 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,200 | 49.6 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 | 93907 | 50 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Boronda. 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.