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In 2025, fire departments serving Morro Bay responded to 89 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.2M 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 64% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
401 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 87 | — | |
| 2023 | 106 | +21.8% | |
| 2024 | 114 | +7.5% | |
| 2025 | 89 | -21.9% |
* Well below Morro Bay'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 Morro Bay departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 54 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 | 8 | 14.8% | |
| 2 | Other | 6 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 6 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 13 | 24.1% |
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 Morro Bay mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 24.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 9 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 6 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 13.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Morro Bay departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $55,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $250 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Morro Bay sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 426,162 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 24.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49,490 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 48,851 | 7.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46,235 | 22.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,687 | 39.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 14,507 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,742 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,700 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,050 | 13.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,840 | 49.4 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 Morro Bay. 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.