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In 2025, fire departments serving Gerber responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $700 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 70% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
52 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $905K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | 10 | -44.4% | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | +11.1% |
* Well below Gerber'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 1 building fires Gerber departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 18 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 | 3 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 27.8% |
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 Gerber mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 38.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Gerber departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Gerber sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,081,245 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 589,368 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 328,363 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 229,651 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 153,336 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 75,431 | 46.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64,000 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60,390 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 56,338 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55,261 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 51,576 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 47,647 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 44,683 | 25.3 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 | 96035 | 52 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Gerber. 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.