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In 2025, fire departments serving Escondido responded to 510 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.3M 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 45% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,267 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $20.6M cumulative property loss. 4 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 386 | — | |
| 2022 | 414 | +7.3% | |
| 2023 | 468 | +13.0% | |
| 2024 | 489 | +4.5% | |
| 2025 | 510 | +4.3% |
For the 46 building fires Escondido departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 468 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 | 116 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 78 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 50 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 30 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 22 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 22 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Other | 15 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 10 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 102 | 21.8% |
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 Escondido mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 262 | 56.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 48 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 38 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 18 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 12 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 9 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 36 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Escondido departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 77% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 6 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Escondido 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 | 2 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 4 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 6 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 3 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,099,849 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 280,059 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 90,440 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 28.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 10.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 15.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,921 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 44.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 45.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,004 | 30.4 mi |
Top 6 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 Escondido. 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.