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In 2025, fire departments serving Foster City responded to 49 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
274 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $707K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 74 | — | |
| 2022 | 70 | -5.4% | |
| 2023 | 36 | -48.6% | |
| 2024 | 45 | +25.0% | |
| 2025 | 49 | +8.9% |
For the 3 building fires Foster City departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 56 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 | 10 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Other | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 9 | Exterior, exposed surface | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 19.6% |
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 Foster City mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 30.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 10 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 16.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 3.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Foster City departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $11,862 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Foster City sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 623,886 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 396,624 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 20.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 28.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 4,929 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,474 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 4,279 | 46.0 mi |
Top 2 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 Foster City. 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.