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In 2025, fire departments serving Pleasant Hill responded to 137 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K 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 62% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
805 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $3.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 138 | — | |
| 2022 | 172 | +24.6% | |
| 2023 | 179 | +4.1% | |
| 2024 | 179 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 137 | -23.5% |
For the 3 building fires Pleasant Hill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 166 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 | 37 | 22.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 18.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 12 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Egress/exit, other | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Other | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 45 | 27.1% |
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 Pleasant Hill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 97 | 58.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 9 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Pleasant Hill departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,500 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $300 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pleasant Hill sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,061,699 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 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 31.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 38.6 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 | 94523 | 10 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Pleasant Hill. 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.