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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Marin City, California

In 2025, fire departments serving Marin City responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade B+ Peak yr 2021 Marin County 3,419 residents 0 reporting departments 162 5-yr

Incomplete 2025 data. Marin City's departments reported 14 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 32 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.

Total incidents
14
Not comparable with 2024 (incomplete reporting)
Building fires
2
Residential 50% Other 50%
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Deaths & injuries
0 / 0
0 civilian deaths · 0 civ injuries · 0 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 86% of all calls.

14
Total Incidents
Power line down 4 28.6%
Building fires 2 14.3%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 2 14.3%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 2 14.3%
Chemical hazard (no spill or leak) 2 14.3%
All other categories 2 14.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 1
Apr 2
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 2
Aug 4
Sep 2
Oct 1
Nov 1
Dec 1
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Marin City

162 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021 56 —
2022 38 -32.1%
2023 26 -31.6%
2024 28 +7.7%
2025* 14 —

* Well below Marin 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.

03 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 2 building fires Marin City departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
67%
2
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
33%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Marin City?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 73 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 originCountShare 
1 Outside area, other 18 24.7%
2 Undetermined 18 24.7%
3 Cooking area, kitchen 9 12.3%
4 Vehicle area, other 4 5.5%
5 Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste 3 4.1%
6 Other 2 2.7%
7 Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge 2 2.7%
8 Equipment or service area, other 2 2.7%
9 Highway, parking lot, street: on or near 2 2.7%
10 Wildland, woods 2 2.7%
11 All other areas 11 15.1%
3c What ignited it

What actually ignited the fire?

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 Marin City mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Undetermined 39 53.4%
2 Arcing 6 8.2%
3 Hot or smoldering object, other 6 8.2%
4 Hot ember or ash 4 5.5%
5 Heat source: other 3 4.1%
6 Heat from powered equipment, other 2 2.7%
7 Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment 2 2.7%
8 Explosive, fireworks, other 2 2.7%
9 Heat from direct flame, convection currents 2 2.7%
10 Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment 1 1.4%
11 All other sources 6 8.2%
05 How Marin City compares

Marin City vs California vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marin City sits below the national average for incidents per resident.

4.09
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Marin City
4.09
CA avg
5.32
US avg
7.48
0.58
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Marin City
0.58
CA avg
0.32
US avg
0.85
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Marin City
0
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.9
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Marin City

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 642,062 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2020 Natural 305,651 44.8 mi
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 86,509 45.3 mi
2020 Equipment and vehicle use 67,484 47.2 mi
2017 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 56,556 37.2 mi
2017 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 51,624 38.9 mi
1995 Recreation and ceremony 12,354 24.5 mi
2015 Equipment and vehicle use 8,051 49.0 mi
2014 Fireworks 6,488 49.6 mi
2000 Equipment and vehicle use 5,731 49.6 mi
2016 Equipment and vehicle use 5,731 46.0 mi
2020 Natural 5,000 47.5 mi
2020 Natural 4,929 20.4 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Marin City do fires concentrate?

Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.

#ZIP5-yr incidents 
1 94965 162
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Marin City

Six California cities with population within ±25% of Marin City. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.

07 Stay prepared

Before the next Red Flag day.

A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.

About this data

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.