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In 2025, fire departments serving Grover Beach responded to 58 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $2.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
122 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 64 | — | |
| 2025 | 58 | -9.4% |
* Well below Grover Beach'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 3 building fires Grover Beach departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 21 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 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 14.3% |
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 Grover Beach mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 47.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Grover Beach departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Grover Beach sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 759,013 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 240,207 | 38.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91,622 | 38.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49,490 | 25.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 48,851 | 22.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46,235 | 43.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Smoking | 43,201 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,687 | 19.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 49.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14,537 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,742 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,700 | 24.8 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 Grover Beach. 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.