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In 2025, fire departments serving Cambria responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $55K building blaze. 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.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
155 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022 | 38 | — | |
| 2023 | 42 | +10.5% | |
| 2024 | 42 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 33 | -21.4% |
* Well below Cambria'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 3 building fires Cambria departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | Outside area, other | 5 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - 5+ persons; including barrack/dormitory | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 10.5% |
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 Cambria mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 4 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Match | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Candle | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cambria departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $55,000 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cambria sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 591,561 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 | 124,924 | 49.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 81,378 | 42.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 49,551 | 39.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 48,851 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46,235 | 9.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,667 | 49.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 25,620 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 14,507 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,200 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7,050 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,856 | 32.7 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 | 93428 | 155 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Cambria. 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.