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In 2025, fire departments serving San Juan Capistrano responded to 57 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
359 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $5.8M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | — | |
| 2022 | 98 | +30.7% | |
| 2023 | 56 | -42.9% | |
| 2024 | 73 | +30.4% | |
| 2025 | 57 | -21.9% |
For the 4 building fires San Juan Capistrano departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 221 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 | 52 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Other | 25 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 24 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 41 | 18.6% |
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 Juan Capistrano mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 114 | 51.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 20 | 9.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by San Juan Capistrano departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,500 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. San Juan Capistrano sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
7 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 529,249 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 16.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 14.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,000 | 45.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 9.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,004 | 11.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20,768 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20,292 | 49.6 mi |
Top 2 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 San Juan Capistrano. 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.