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In 2025, fire departments serving Petaluma responded to 349 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $931K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,977 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $17.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 400 | — | |
| 2022 | 362 | -9.5% | |
| 2023 | 415 | +14.6% | |
| 2024 | 451 | +8.7% | |
| 2025 | 349 | -22.6% |
For the 33 building fires Petaluma departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 258 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 | 63 | 24.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 39 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 19 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 17 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 7 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 78 | 30.2% |
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 Petaluma mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 140 | 54.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 25 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 16 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.2% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 3 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 23 | 8.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Petaluma departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 88% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $931,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $454,500 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $403,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $221,250 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $183,465 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Petaluma sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,012,725 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 76,825 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76,067 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 69,363 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 14.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 55,209 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,156 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,357 | 39.2 mi |
Top 8 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 Petaluma. 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.