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In 2025, fire departments serving Fair Oaks responded to 143 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 51% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
862 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $3.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 157 | — | |
| 2022 | 163 | +3.8% | |
| 2023 | 224 | +37.4% | |
| 2024 | 175 | -21.9% | |
| 2025 | 143 | -18.3% |
For the 10 building fires Fair Oaks departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 330 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 | 135 | 40.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 43 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 9 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 60 | 18.2% |
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 Fair Oaks mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 173 | 52.4% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 24 | 7.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 20 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 37 | 11.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fair Oaks departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $61,697 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fair Oaks sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 3 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 367,018 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 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 45.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 44.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,761 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 10,836 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 10.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,422 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,200 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 47.6 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95628 | 862 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Fair Oaks. 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.