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In 2025, fire departments serving Hamilton City responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
71 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 5 | — | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024 | 39 | — | |
| 2025 | 26 | -33.3% |
* Well below Hamilton City'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 5 building fires Hamilton City departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | Outside area, other | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Office | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Hamilton City mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Fireworks | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 10.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hamilton City sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,381,092 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 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 153,336 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 75,431 | 43.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60,390 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55,261 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 51,576 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 47,647 | 34.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 44,683 | 32.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 34,175 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,502 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 27,676 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,970 | 41.8 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 Hamilton City. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hamilton City.
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.