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In 2025, fire departments serving Fremont responded to 920 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.3M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 46% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
4,361 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $32.3M cumulative property loss. 4 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 686 | — | |
| 2022 | 848 | +23.6% | |
| 2023 | 918 | +8.3% | |
| 2024 | 989 | +7.7% | |
| 2025 | 920 | -7.0% |
For the 45 building fires Fremont departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 728 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 | 134 | 18.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 123 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 55 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 40 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 39 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 28 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 26 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 18 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 18 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 15 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 232 | 31.9% |
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 Fremont mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 395 | 54.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 95 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 47 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 41 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 24 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 13 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 11 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 54 | 7.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fremont departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 85% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,291,145 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $570,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $504,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $81,245 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fremont sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
41 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 | 2 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 10 | |
| 40-49 | 15 | |
| 50-59 | 9 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 679,353 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 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 28.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,513 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,474 | 30.3 mi |
Top 10 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 Fremont. 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.