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In 2025, fire departments serving North Highlands responded to 369 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 70% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,064 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $9.5M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 386 | — | |
| 2022 | 490 | +26.9% | |
| 2023 | 473 | -3.5% | |
| 2024 | 346 | -26.8% | |
| 2025 | 369 | +6.6% |
For the 13 building fires North Highlands departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1,355 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 | Undetermined | 817 | 60.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 141 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 72 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 59 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 2.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 25 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 21 | 1.5% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 20 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 18 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 139 | 10.3% |
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 North Highlands mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 1,041 | 76.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 48 | 3.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 47 | 3.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 31 | 2.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 26 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 22 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 19 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | Arcing | 15 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 15 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 74 | 5.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by North Highlands departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 85% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $30,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $21,395 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. North Highlands sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
18 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 | 2 | |
| 10-19 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 4 | |
| 30-39 | 6 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 399,472 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 48.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 16.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,422 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,200 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,800 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 10.5 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 | 95660 | 2,064 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of North Highlands. 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.