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In 2025, fire departments serving Granite Bay responded to 101 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 70% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
460 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $2.1M cumulative property loss. 4 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 107 | — | |
| 2022 | 110 | +2.8% | |
| 2023* | 50 | — | |
| 2024 | 92 | — | |
| 2025 | 101 | +9.8% |
* Well below Granite Bay'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 Granite Bay departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 72 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 | 13.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 7 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 25 | 34.7% |
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 Granite Bay mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 9.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Granite Bay departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $150 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Granite Bay sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
7 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 363,581 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 37.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,761 | 40.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Other causes | 11,725 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 10,836 | 39.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 15.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 9,164 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,422 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,200 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,700 | 49.1 mi |
Top 5 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 Granite Bay. 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.