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In 2025, fire departments serving Carmichael responded to 281 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,590 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $8.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 266 | — | |
| 2022 | 376 | +41.4% | |
| 2023 | 336 | -10.6% | |
| 2024 | 331 | -1.5% | |
| 2025 | 281 | -15.1% |
For the 23 building fires Carmichael departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 705 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 | 280 | 39.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 109 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 42 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 34 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 32 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 14 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 119 | 16.9% |
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 Carmichael mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 452 | 64.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 55 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 27 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 27 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 13 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 11 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 45 | 6.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Carmichael departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 90% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $102,119 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Carmichael sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
11 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 413,784 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 49.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 45.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 13.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,422 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,800 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 7.2 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 | 95608 | 1,590 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Carmichael. 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.