In 2025, fire departments serving Livermore responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 92% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
80 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $182K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 25 | — | |
| 2023 | 17 | -32.0% | |
| 2024 | 18 | +5.9% | |
| 2025 | 12 | -33.3% |
* Well below Livermore'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 0 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 8 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 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 12.5% |
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 | 3 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 12.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Livermore sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 783 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64 | 24.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 57 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 51 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 43 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 1.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 | 15.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 | 6.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 32 | 19.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 31 | 33.3 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Maine cities with population within ±25% of Livermore. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Livermore.
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.