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In 2025, fire departments serving Mountain View responded to 315 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,549 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $8.9M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 259 | — | |
| 2022 | 310 | +19.7% | |
| 2023 | 324 | +4.5% | |
| 2024 | 341 | +5.2% | |
| 2025 | 315 | -7.6% |
For the 24 building fires Mountain View departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 712 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 297 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 60 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 47 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 43 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 41 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 37 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 28 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 16 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 16 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 15 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 112 | 15.7% |
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 Mountain View mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 225 | 31.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 221 | 31.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 109 | 15.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 38 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 18 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 15 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 15 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Match | 9 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 9 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 32 | 4.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mountain View departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 86% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $201,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $90,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mountain View sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
12 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 4 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 679,181 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 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 12.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 18.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,513 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,474 | 24.4 mi |
Top 5 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 Mountain View. 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.