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In 2025, fire departments serving Fortuna responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Fortuna's departments reported 26 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 72 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
361 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 146 | — | |
| 2022 | 183 | +25.3% | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024* | 5 | — | |
| 2025* | 26 | — |
* Well below Fortuna'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.
For the 3 building fires Fortuna departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 209 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 | 128 | 61.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 20 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Function area, other | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 20 | 9.6% |
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 Fortuna mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 159 | 76.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 4.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fortuna departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fortuna sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 455,927 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Natural | 68,040 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 66,113 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 34,006 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 31,419 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 27,150 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,398 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,199 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 24,776 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 18,178 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 15,118 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 13,846 | 28.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 12,720 | 40.8 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 | 95540 | 361 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Fortuna. 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.