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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Cameron Park, California

In 2025, fire departments serving Cameron Park responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $35K building blaze. Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade A+ Peak yr 2022 El Dorado County 17,995 residents 0 reporting departments 94 5-yr

Incomplete 2025 data. Cameron Park's departments reported 11 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 19 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.

Total incidents
11
Not comparable with 2024 (incomplete reporting)
Building fires
2
Residential 50% Other 50%
Property loss
$35K
$35K structure · $0 contents
Deaths & injuries
0 / 0
0 civilian deaths · 0 civ injuries · 0 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 82% of all calls.

11
Total Incidents
Building fires 2 18.2%
Passenger vehicle fire 2 18.2%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 2 18.2%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 2 18.2%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 1 9.1%
All other categories 2 18.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 1
Jun 5
Jul 0
Aug 1
Sep 1
Oct 1
Nov 2
Dec 0
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Cameron Park

94 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $35K cumulative property loss.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021 24 —
2022 29 +20.8%
2023 20 -31.0%
2024* 10 —
2025* 11 —

* Well below Cameron Park'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.

03 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 2 building fires Cameron Park departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
100%
1
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Cameron Park?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1 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 originCountShare 
1 Engine area, running gear, wheel area 1 100.0%
3c What ignited it

What actually ignited the fire?

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 Cameron Park mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Heat from powered equipment, other 1 100.0%
04 The biggest fires

1 fires · $35K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cameron Park departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.

# Property loss Type Severity Status
1 $35,000 Passenger vehicle fire Significant Investigated
05 How Cameron Park compares

Cameron Park vs California vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cameron Park sits below the national average for incidents per resident.

0.61
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Cameron Park
0.61
CA avg
5.32
US avg
7.48
0.11
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Cameron Park
0.11
CA avg
0.32
US avg
0.85
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Cameron Park
0
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.9
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Cameron Park

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 381,624 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2014 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 97,717 22.3 mi
2015 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 70,868 27.8 mi
2013 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 27,440 35.8 mi
1992 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 24,580 29.8 mi
1992 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 18,000 40.5 mi
2004 Equipment and vehicle use 16,823 43.1 mi
2001 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 16,761 36.2 mi
2018 Equipment and vehicle use 11,789 43.0 mi
2008 Natural 10,836 38.1 mi
1996 Arson/incendiarism 9,820 10.8 mi
2008 Natural 9,164 41.6 mi
2006 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 8,422 28.2 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Cameron Park do fires concentrate?

Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.

#ZIP5-yr incidents 
1 95682 93
2 95672 1
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Cameron Park

Six California cities with population within ±25% of Cameron Park. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.

07 Stay prepared

Before the next Red Flag day.

A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.

About this data

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.