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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Roseville, California

In 2025, fire departments serving Roseville responded to 623 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade A- Peak yr 2022 Placer County 148,879 residents 0 reporting departments 2,760 5-yr
Total incidents
623
+8.5% vs 2024
Building fires
46
Residential 65% Other 35%
Property loss
$1.7M
$1.3M structure · $400K contents
Deaths & injuries
0 / 9
0 civilian deaths · 6 civ injuries · 3 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 47% of all calls.

623
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 73 11.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 65 10.4%
Carbon monoxide incident 64 10.3%
Building fires 46 7.4%
Passenger vehicle fire 45 7.2%
All other categories 330 53.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 43
Feb 37
Mar 42
Apr 42
May 66
Jun 59
Jul 78
Aug 62
Sep 48
Oct 52
Nov 39
Dec 55
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Roseville

2,760 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $9.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021* 329 —
2022 683 —
2023 551 -19.3%
2024 574 +4.2%
2025 623 +8.5%

* Well below Roseville's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.

03 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 46 building fires Roseville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
38%
49
Cause undetermined
16%
20
Intentional / arson
10%
13
Equipment / heat source failure
25%
32
Under investigation
8%
10
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
3
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Roseville?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 476 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 originCountShare 
1 Engine area, running gear, wheel area 111 23.3%
2 Undetermined 48 10.1%
3 Cooking area, kitchen 31 6.5%
4 Vehicle storage area; garage, carport 27 5.7%
5 Outside area, other 21 4.4%
6 Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles 19 4.0%
7 Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room 18 3.8%
8 Vehicle area, other 18 3.8%
9 Other 16 3.4%
10 Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison 14 2.9%
11 All other areas 153 32.1%
3c What ignited it

What actually ignited the fire?

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 Roseville mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Undetermined 188 39.5%
2 Heat from powered equipment, other 98 20.6%
3 Heat source: other 37 7.8%
4 Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment 21 4.4%
5 Hot or smoldering object, other 19 4.0%
6 Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment 17 3.6%
7 Arcing 13 2.7%
8 Cigarette 11 2.3%
9 Heat, spark from friction 10 2.1%
10 Hot ember or ash 8 1.7%
11 All other sources 54 11.3%
04 The biggest fires

8 fires · $660K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses reported by Roseville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 49% of the city's annual total.

# Property loss Type Severity Status
1 $150,000 Building fires Significant Investigated
2 $100,000 Fires in structures other than in a building Significant Investigated
3 $100,000 Building fires Significant Investigated
4 $75,000 Building fires Significant Investigated
5 $70,000 Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant Investigated
6 $65,000 Passenger vehicle fire Significant Investigated
7 $50,000 Passenger vehicle fire Significant Investigated
8 $50,000 Passenger vehicle fire Significant Investigated
05 How Roseville compares

Roseville vs California vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Roseville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.

4.18
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Roseville
4.18
CA avg
5.32
US avg
7.48
0.31
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Roseville
0.31
CA avg
0.32
US avg
0.85
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Roseville
0
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.9
5b Who gets hurt

Casualty demographics in Roseville

26 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.

AgeCount 
0-9 0
10-19 3
20-29 1
30-39 7
40-49 8
50-59 4
60-69 2
70-79 1
80+ 0
Civilian vs firefighter
Civilian 11 FF 15
Gender
M 22 F 4 Unk 0
Severity (1=minor → 5=fatal)
18
1
4
2
2
3
1
4
1
5
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Roseville

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 443,883 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2014 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 97,717 38.7 mi
2018 Other causes 90,288 47.5 mi
2015 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 70,868 44.8 mi
2013 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 27,440 43.5 mi
1992 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 24,580 46.8 mi
2001 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 16,761 47.2 mi
2008 Natural 10,836 44.6 mi
1996 Arson/incendiarism 9,820 19.4 mi
2008 Natural 9,164 47.4 mi
2006 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 8,422 37.3 mi
2017 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 8,200 41.3 mi
2015 Equipment and vehicle use 8,051 46.5 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Roseville do fires concentrate?

Top 10 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.

#ZIP5-yr incidents 
1 95678 1,184
2 95747 842
3 95661 693
4 95746 23
5 95677 8
6 90000 1
7 91000 1
8 95626 1
9 95765 1
10 95789 1
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Roseville

Six California cities with population within ±25% of Roseville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.

07 Stay prepared

Before the next Red Flag day.

A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.

About this data

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.