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In 2025, fire departments serving Pittsburg responded to 343 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,389 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $19.0M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 509 | — | |
| 2022 | 578 | +13.6% | |
| 2023 | 471 | -18.5% | |
| 2024 | 488 | +3.6% | |
| 2025 | 343 | -29.7% |
For the 14 building fires Pittsburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 535 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 | 195 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 66 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 34 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 32 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 17 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 12 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 113 | 21.1% |
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 Pittsburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 384 | 71.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 36 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 22 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 19 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 1.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 1.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | Candle | 4 | 0.7% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 4 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 33 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Pittsburg departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 85% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $180,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $70,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pittsburg sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 905,001 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 396,624 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 32.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 40.8 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 | 94565 | 21 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Pittsburg. 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.