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In 2025, fire departments serving El Cerrito responded to 196 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M 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 60% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,159 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $9.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 199 | — | |
| 2022 | 243 | +22.1% | |
| 2023 | 286 | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | 235 | -17.8% | |
| 2025 | 196 | -16.6% |
For the 12 building fires El Cerrito departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 133 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 | 20 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 12 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 10 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 8 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Equipment or service area, other | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 48 | 36.1% |
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 El Cerrito mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 41.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 12 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 10 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Candle | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 17 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by El Cerrito departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $280,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Outside storage fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. El Cerrito sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 661,431 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 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 32.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 41.2 mi |
Top 9 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 El Cerrito. 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.