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In 2025, fire departments serving Carnelian Bay responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
44 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $56K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | +100.0% | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024* | 2 | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | — |
* Well below Carnelian Bay'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 2 building fires Carnelian Bay departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 4 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 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 25.0% |
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 Carnelian Bay mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 1 | 25.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Carnelian Bay departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Carnelian Bay sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 576,148 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 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 51,386 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 47,029 | 31.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 46,800 | 24.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 41,545 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 31.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 24,140 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18,380 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 17,790 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16,823 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,761 | 26.9 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 | 96140 | 44 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Carnelian Bay. 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.