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In 2025, fire departments serving Julian responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 54% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
130 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $832K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | 28 | +27.3% | |
| 2023 | 26 | -7.1% | |
| 2024 | 26 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 28 | +7.7% |
For the 3 building fires Julian departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 38 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 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 18.4% | |
| 2 | Other | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Undetermined | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 26.3% |
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 Julian mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 6 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 10.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Julian departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $500 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Julian sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,059,927 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 280,059 | 10.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 7.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 90,440 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 2.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,921 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 44.5 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 48.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 20,901 | 39.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20,768 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 19,575 | 26.4 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 Julian. 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.