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In 2025, fire departments serving Lamont responded to 123 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 76% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
648 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $3.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 132 | — | |
| 2022 | 104 | -21.2% | |
| 2023 | 149 | +43.3% | |
| 2024 | 140 | -6.0% | |
| 2025 | 123 | -12.1% |
For the 10 building fires Lamont departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 141 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 | 44 | 31.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 9 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Entrance way, lobby | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 31 | 22.0% |
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 Lamont mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 90 | 63.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 10 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated heat from another fire | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Incendiary device | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 4.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lamont departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 94% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $65,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lamont sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 916,714 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 174,178 | 22.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 162,702 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 150,696 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,007 | 34.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 45,300 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 37,026 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31,089 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,577 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,213 | 17.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,418 | 39.4 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 Lamont. 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.