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In 2025, fire departments serving Monte Rio responded to 22 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 86% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
130 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $136K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 77 | — | |
| 2022 | 26 | -66.2% | |
| 2023* | 3 | — | |
| 2024* | 2 | — | |
| 2025 | 22 | — |
* Well below Monte Rio'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 4 building fires Monte Rio departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | Other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 2 | Exterior, exposed surface | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Outside area, other | 1 | 5.3% |
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 Monte Rio mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 4 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Monte Rio departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Monte Rio sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,126,940 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 76,825 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76,067 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 69,363 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 26.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 29.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 55,209 | 14.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,920 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,000 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 23.0 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 Monte Rio. 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.