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In 2025, fire departments serving Elk Grove responded to 616 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $120K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 48% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
3,399 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $14.7M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 658 | — | |
| 2022 | 770 | +17.0% | |
| 2023 | 644 | -16.4% | |
| 2024 | 711 | +10.4% | |
| 2025 | 616 | -13.4% |
For the 32 building fires Elk Grove departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1,639 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 | Undetermined | 506 | 30.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 255 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 170 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 115 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 105 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 70 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 58 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 46 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 35 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Other | 33 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 246 | 15.0% |
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 Elk Grove mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 996 | 60.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 85 | 5.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 75 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 62 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 59 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 52 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 44 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 37 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 36 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 159 | 9.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Elk Grove departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 45% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $120,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $65,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $65,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Elk Grove sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
20 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 7 | |
| 40-49 | 4 | |
| 50-59 | 4 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 337,476 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 46.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 34.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 17.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,800 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 9.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,646 | 46.9 mi |
Top 5 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 Elk Grove. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Elk Grove.
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.