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In 2025, fire departments serving San Luis Obispo responded to 310 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $291K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,594 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $2.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 289 | — | |
| 2022 | 387 | +33.9% | |
| 2023 | 323 | -16.5% | |
| 2024 | 285 | -11.8% | |
| 2025 | 310 | +8.8% |
For the 11 building fires San Luis Obispo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 176 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 | 23 | 13.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 19 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 19 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 60 | 34.1% |
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 San Luis Obispo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 62 | 35.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 21 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 14 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 22 | 12.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by San Luis Obispo departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 85% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $291,011 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $65,199 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $62,198 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $25,553 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. San Luis Obispo sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 760,345 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 240,207 | 47.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 17.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91,622 | 44.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49,490 | 29.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 48,851 | 12.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46,235 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,687 | 27.0 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 43.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14,537 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,742 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,700 | 35.3 mi |
Top 4 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 Luis Obispo. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in San Luis Obispo.
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.