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In 2025, fire departments serving Fallbrook responded to 200 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.3M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 45% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
853 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $9.9M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 157 | — | |
| 2022 | 140 | -10.8% | |
| 2023 | 170 | +21.4% | |
| 2024 | 186 | +9.4% | |
| 2025 | 200 | +7.5% |
For the 10 building fires Fallbrook departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 298 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 | 95 | 31.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 41 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 36 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Other | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 37 | 12.4% |
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 Fallbrook mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 158 | 53.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 17 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 23 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fallbrook departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 93% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,320,300 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $700,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $80,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $36,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fallbrook sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
8 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 4 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,102,378 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 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 17.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 21.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 36.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,164 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 37.0 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 24.8 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 Fallbrook. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Fallbrook.
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.