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In 2025, fire departments serving Charter Oak responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K 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 75% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
67 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $905K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | 18 | +12.5% | |
| 2024 | 15 | -16.7% | |
| 2025 | 12 | -20.0% |
* Well below Charter Oak'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 Charter Oak departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 15 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 | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Closet | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 6.7% |
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 Charter Oak mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 4 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Candle | 1 | 6.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Charter Oak departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Charter Oak sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,071,070 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 160,371 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 11.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 33.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 21.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 9.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 17.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30,274 | 48.1 mi |
Top 2 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 Charter Oak. 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.