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In 2025, fire departments serving French Camp responded to 20 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
54 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $560K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | +100.0% | |
| 2023* | 4 | — | |
| 2024* | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 20 | — |
* Well below French Camp'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 4 building fires French Camp departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 17 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 | 11 | 64.7% | |
| 2 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.9% |
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 French Camp mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 94.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by French Camp departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. French Camp sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 709,938 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 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,000 | 49.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,300 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 21.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 47.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 7,000 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 19.8 mi |
Top 6 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 French Camp. 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.