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In 2025, fire departments serving Myrtletown responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
91 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $76K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022* | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | 26 | — | |
| 2024 | 21 | -19.2% | |
| 2025 | 30 | +42.9% |
* Well below Myrtletown'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 2 building fires Myrtletown departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 30 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 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 23.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 3.3% |
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 Myrtletown mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 43.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated heat from another fire | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Match | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 6.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Myrtletown departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Myrtletown sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 725,289 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 142,386 | 44.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 124,898 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 68,040 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 66,113 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 34,006 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 31,419 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 27,150 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,398 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,199 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 24,776 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 18,178 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 15,710 | 49.1 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 | 95501 | 91 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Myrtletown. 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.