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In 2025, fire departments serving Oceano responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $3K 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 58% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
76 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $13K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024 | 35 | — | |
| 2025 | 40 | +14.3% |
* Well below Oceano'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 1 building fires Oceano departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Oceano mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Oceano departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,500 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Oceano sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 745,126 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 240,207 | 36.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 24.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91,622 | 37.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49,490 | 25.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 48,851 | 24.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46,235 | 44.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Smoking | 43,201 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,687 | 18.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14,537 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,742 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,700 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,782 | 37.8 mi |
Top 3 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 Oceano. 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.