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In 2025, fire departments serving Ramona responded to 98 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $575K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 47% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
499 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $8.4M cumulative property loss. 5 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 106 | — | |
| 2022 | 106 | +0.0% | |
| 2023 | 98 | -7.5% | |
| 2024 | 91 | -7.1% | |
| 2025 | 98 | +7.7% |
For the 3 building fires Ramona departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 125 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 18 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 11 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 6 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 34 | 27.2% |
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 Ramona mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 33.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 13 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Match | 4 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Molten, hot material | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 20 | 16.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Ramona departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $575,000 | Grass fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $89,797 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $16,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Ramona sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
9 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,080,695 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 280,059 | 9.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 9.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 90,440 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 15.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,921 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 44.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,004 | 43.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 20,901 | 45.9 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 Ramona. 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.