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In 2025, fire departments serving Danville responded to 103 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $900K 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 75% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
436 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $6.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 107 | — | |
| 2023 | 121 | +13.1% | |
| 2024 | 100 | -17.4% | |
| 2025 | 103 | +3.0% |
* Well below Danville'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 10 building fires Danville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 103 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 | 17 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 15 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 35 | 34.0% |
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 Danville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 34 | 33.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 13 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 10 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Chemical reaction | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 12 | 11.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Danville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $900,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $8,500 | Outside storage fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $300 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Danville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 765,566 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 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 26.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 48.9 mi |
Top 3 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 Danville. 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.