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In 2025, fire departments serving San Rafael responded to 444 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $175K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Trash or rubbish fire, contained lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,982 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $826K cumulative property loss. 4 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 374 | — | |
| 2022 | 382 | +2.1% | |
| 2023 | 316 | -17.3% | |
| 2024 | 466 | +47.5% | |
| 2025 | 444 | -4.7% |
For the 58 building fires San Rafael departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 681 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 | Outside area, other | 231 | 33.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 62 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 48 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 47 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 38 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 30 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 28 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 19 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 14 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 144 | 21.1% |
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 Rafael mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 377 | 55.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 67 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 59 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 26 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 22 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 19 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 11 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 57 | 8.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by San Rafael departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 89% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $60,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. San Rafael sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 595,960 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 29.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 43.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 20.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 5,000 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 4,929 | 17.4 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 Rafael. 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.