Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
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In 2025, fire departments serving Carlsbad responded to 254 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $25.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 52% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,207 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $37.9M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 244 | — | |
| 2022 | 249 | +2.0% | |
| 2023 | 220 | -11.6% | |
| 2024 | 240 | +9.1% | |
| 2025 | 254 | +5.8% |
For the 43 building fires Carlsbad departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 377 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 86 | 22.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 57 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 46 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 30 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 20 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 12 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 12 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Other | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 71 | 18.8% |
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 Carlsbad mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 180 | 47.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 41 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 39 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 22 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 18 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 15 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 25 | 6.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Carlsbad departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000,000 | Fire, other | Catastrophic | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Carlsbad sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,009,021 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 280,059 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 21.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,921 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 40.5 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 26.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,004 | 21.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20,768 | 18.1 mi |
Top 6 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 Carlsbad. 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.