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In 2025, fire departments serving Monte Sereno responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $2K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
70 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $177K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 17 | +88.9% | |
| 2023 | 20 | +17.6% | |
| 2024 | 10 | -50.0% | |
| 2025 | 14 | +40.0% |
For the 0 building fires Monte Sereno departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | Outside area, other | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Function area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Sereno mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Monte Sereno departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Monte Sereno sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 680,488 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 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 12.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 12.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,513 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,474 | 12.6 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95030 | 70 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Monte Sereno. 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.