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In 2025, fire departments serving Castro Valley responded to 195 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
936 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $7.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 153 | — | |
| 2022 | 185 | +20.9% | |
| 2023 | 181 | -2.2% | |
| 2024 | 222 | +22.7% | |
| 2025 | 195 | -12.2% |
For the 12 building fires Castro Valley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 215 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 | 65 | 30.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 32 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 20 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 9 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 45 | 20.9% |
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 Castro Valley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 92 | 42.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 25 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 17 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 12 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Castro Valley departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 75% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $75,000 | Self-propelled motor home or recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $62,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Castro Valley sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 703,632 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 | 396,624 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 24.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 4,929 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,474 | 43.6 mi |
Top 10 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 Castro Valley. 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.