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In 2025, fire departments serving Claremont responded to 152 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
838 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $3.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 184 | — | |
| 2022 | 249 | +35.3% | |
| 2023 | 107 | -57.0% | |
| 2024 | 146 | +36.4% | |
| 2025 | 152 | +4.1% |
For the 3 building fires Claremont departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 237 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 | 75 | 31.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 38 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 23 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Other | 19 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 10 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 36 | 15.2% |
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 Claremont mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 58 | 24.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 51 | 21.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 36 | 15.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 27 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 3 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 12 | 5.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Claremont departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 89% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $70,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Claremont sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,013,440 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 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 16.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 25.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 13.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 8.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 17.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 17.5 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 Claremont. 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.