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In 2025, fire departments serving Davis responded to 227 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Trash or rubbish fire, contained lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 52% of all calls.
May peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
510 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $871K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 39 | — | |
| 2022 | 133 | — | |
| 2023* | 50 | — | |
| 2024* | 61 | — | |
| 2025 | 227 | — |
* Well below Davis'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 21 building fires Davis departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 92 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 18 | 19.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 12 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 15 | 16.3% |
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 Davis mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 52 | 56.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 9 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Chemical reaction | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Incendiary device | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 7.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Davis departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 85% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $88,441 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $72,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Davis sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 884,048 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 69,363 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 29.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,000 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39,138 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,156 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,944 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 34.3 mi |
Top 7 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 Davis. 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.