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In 2025, fire departments serving Salinas responded to 1,113 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.1M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
5,106 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $17.6M cumulative property loss. 5 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,049 | — | |
| 2022 | 835 | -20.4% | |
| 2023 | 851 | +1.9% | |
| 2024 | 1,258 | +47.8% | |
| 2025 | 1,113 | -11.5% |
For the 44 building fires Salinas departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 946 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 | 299 | 31.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 113 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 78 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 70 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 41 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 33 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 28 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 27 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Other | 25 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 209 | 22.1% |
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 Salinas mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 677 | 71.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 46 | 4.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 29 | 3.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 26 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 24 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 17 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 15 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Candle | 11 | 1.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 69 | 7.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Salinas departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 69% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,127,227 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $700,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Salinas sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
14 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 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 7 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 797,268 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Natural | 162,818 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 132,127 | 21.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 124,924 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 81,378 | 41.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 49,551 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,088 | 8.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 22.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 23,761 | 29.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 12,960 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,200 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 44.3 mi |
Top 10 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 Salinas. 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.