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In 2025, fire departments serving Livermore responded to 613 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
3,110 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $16.5M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 635 | — | |
| 2022 | 634 | -0.2% | |
| 2023 | 597 | -5.8% | |
| 2024 | 631 | +5.7% | |
| 2025 | 613 | -2.9% |
For the 31 building fires Livermore departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 448 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 | 99 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 74 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 42 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 30 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Other | 23 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 21 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 18 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 13 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 110 | 24.6% |
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 Livermore mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 225 | 50.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 70 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 28 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 22 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 5 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 27 | 6.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Livermore departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 81% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $67,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Livermore sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
9 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 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 693,100 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 396,624 | 21.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,300 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 12.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 8.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,513 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 24.9 mi |
Top 10 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 Livermore. 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.