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In 2025, fire departments serving Orcutt responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $3K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
123 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $59K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | 26 | +30.0% | |
| 2023 | 31 | +19.2% | |
| 2024 | 27 | -12.9% | |
| 2025 | 19 | -29.6% |
For the 1 building fires Orcutt departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 23 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 | 6 | 26.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 8.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 4.3% |
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 Orcutt mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 60.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Incendiary device | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Sunlight | 1 | 4.3% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 4.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Orcutt departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Orcutt sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 777,509 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 | 19.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91,622 | 25.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49,490 | 23.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 48,851 | 42.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Smoking | 43,201 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 32,606 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,687 | 12.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,431 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,988 | 42.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14,537 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,742 | 12.6 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 Orcutt. 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.