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In 2025, fire departments serving Burlingame responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Burlingame's departments reported 13 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 66 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
332 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | — | |
| 2022* | 21 | — | |
| 2023 | 109 | — | |
| 2024 | 144 | +32.1% | |
| 2025* | 13 | — |
* Well below Burlingame'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 5 building fires Burlingame departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 35 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 | 25.7% | |
| 2 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 28.6% |
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 Burlingame mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 48.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 2.9% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Burlingame sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 563,655 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 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 24.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 4,929 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,474 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,270 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 3,730 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,127 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Firearms and explosives use | 3,100 | 34.8 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 Burlingame. 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.