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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Fillmore, California

In 2025, fire departments serving Fillmore responded to 31 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 building blaze. Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade A+ Peak yr 2024 Ventura County 16,455 residents 0 reporting departments 184 5-yr
Total incidents
31
-38.0% vs 2024
Building fires
13
Residential 62% Other 38%
Property loss
$3
$2 structure · $1 contents
Deaths & injuries
0 / 0
0 civilian deaths · 0 civ injuries · 0 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 87% of all calls.

31
Total Incidents
Building fires 13 41.9%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 9 29.0%
Passenger vehicle fire 3 9.7%
Fire, other 1 3.2%
Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence 1 3.2%
All other categories 4 12.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

Jan peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 8
Feb 8
Mar 1
Apr 2
May 1
Jun 4
Jul 1
Aug 1
Sep 4
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 1
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Fillmore

184 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $7 cumulative property loss.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021* 21 —
2022 33 —
2023 49 +48.5%
2024 50 +2.0%
2025 31 -38.0%

* Well below Fillmore's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.

03 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 13 building fires Fillmore departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
47%
8
Cause undetermined
18%
3
Intentional / arson
6%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
29%
5
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Fillmore?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 83 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 originCountShare 
1 Undetermined 26 31.3%
2 Outside area, other 14 16.9%
3 Cooking area, kitchen 8 9.6%
4 Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge 4 4.8%
5 Vehicle area, other 4 4.8%
6 Other 3 3.6%
7 Engine area, running gear, wheel area 3 3.6%
8 Open area - outside; included are farmland, field 3 3.6%
9 Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison 2 2.4%
10 Laundry area, wash house (laundry) 2 2.4%
11 All other areas 14 16.9%
3c What ignited it

What actually ignited the fire?

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 Fillmore mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Undetermined 40 48.2%
2 Heat source: other 7 8.4%
3 Hot or smoldering object, other 7 8.4%
4 Heat from powered equipment, other 5 6.0%
5 Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment 5 6.0%
6 Fireworks 3 3.6%
7 Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions 3 3.6%
8 Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment 2 2.4%
9 Match 2 2.4%
10 Candle 2 2.4%
11 All other sources 7 8.4%
04 The biggest fires

2 fires · $2 in losses

Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fillmore departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.

# Property loss Type Severity Status
1 $1 Building fires Significant Investigated
2 $1 Outside equipment fire Significant Investigated
05 How Fillmore compares

Fillmore vs California vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fillmore sits below the national average for incidents per resident.

1.88
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Fillmore
1.88
CA avg
5.32
US avg
7.48
0.79
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Fillmore
0.79
CA avg
0.32
US avg
0.85
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Fillmore
0
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.9
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Fillmore

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,522,801 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2017 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 281,893 8.3 mi
2020 Natural 174,178 37.8 mi
2006 Debris and open burning 162,702 18.2 mi
2009 Arson/incendiarism 160,371 43.0 mi
2003 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 108,204 14.3 mi
2018 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 96,949 16.6 mi
2003 Equipment and vehicle use 63,720 10.9 mi
2007 Power generation/transmission/distribution 45,300 17.3 mi
2016 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 41,432 29.1 mi
2007 Misuse of fire by a minor 38,356 34.3 mi
1993 Arson/incendiarism 38,152 16.3 mi
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 31,089 32.8 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Fillmore do fires concentrate?

Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.

#ZIP5-yr incidents 
1 93015 181
2 93010 1
3 93013 1
4 93066 1
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Fillmore

Six California cities with population within ±25% of Fillmore. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.

07 Stay prepared

Before the next Red Flag day.

A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.

About this data

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.