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In 2025, fire departments serving San Diego responded to 1,311 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. San Diego's departments reported 1,311 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 4,821 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
24,105 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $220.3M cumulative property loss. 6 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,292 | — | |
| 2022 | 5,439 | +26.7% | |
| 2023 | 6,015 | +10.6% | |
| 2024 | 7,048 | +17.2% | |
| 2025* | 1,311 | — |
* Well below San Diego'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.
For the 133 building fires San Diego departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 5,661 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 | 2,310 | 40.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 672 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 634 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Other | 213 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 191 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 169 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 136 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 104 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 101 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 94 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1,037 | 18.3% |
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 San Diego mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4,048 | 71.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 341 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 284 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 140 | 2.5% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 127 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 124 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 86 | 1.5% | |
| 8 | Conducted heat from another fire | 70 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 65 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Candle | 57 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 319 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by San Diego departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Catastrophic | Investigated |
| 2 | $700,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $105,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. San Diego sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
23 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 | 3 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 5 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,022,919 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 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 90,440 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,921 | 27.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,004 | 44.0 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20,768 | 24.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 19,575 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 16,677 | 26.8 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.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in San Diego.
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.