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In 2025, fire departments serving Ripon responded to 95 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 48% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
560 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $5.8M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 130 | — | |
| 2022 | 114 | -12.3% | |
| 2023 | 147 | +28.9% | |
| 2024 | 74 | -49.7% | |
| 2025 | 95 | +28.4% |
For the 5 building fires Ripon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 212 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 | 30 | 14.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 30 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 26 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 19 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 8.5% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 49 | 23.1% |
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 Ripon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 115 | 54.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 19 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 22 | 10.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Ripon departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Ripon sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 724,505 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 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 25.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,000 | 36.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,280 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,300 | 11.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 23.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 11,185 | 48.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 8,000 | 43.8 mi |
Top 7 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 Ripon. 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.