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In 2025, fire departments serving San Marcos responded to 209 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $540K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,024 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $7.6M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 209 | — | |
| 2022 | 191 | -8.6% | |
| 2023 | 173 | -9.4% | |
| 2024 | 242 | +39.9% | |
| 2025 | 209 | -13.6% |
For the 41 building fires San Marcos departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 345 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 | 70 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 52 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 51 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 48 | 13.9% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 15 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Other | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 58 | 16.8% |
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 Marcos mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 237 | 68.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 4.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 6 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 18 | 5.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by San Marcos departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 80% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $540,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $215,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | 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 Marcos 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 4 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,008,839 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 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 15.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,921 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27,531 | 47.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,004 | 25.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20,768 | 11.7 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 San Marcos. 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.