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In 2025, fire departments serving San Ramon responded to 151 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $700K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
579 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $5.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 142 | — | |
| 2023 | 153 | +7.7% | |
| 2024 | 125 | -18.3% | |
| 2025 | 151 | +20.8% |
* Well below San Ramon'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 9 building fires San Ramon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 157 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 | 29 | 18.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 22 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 16 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Other | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 39 | 24.8% |
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 Ramon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 35.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 17 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 11 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 9 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 18 | 11.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by San Ramon departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. San Ramon sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 700,785 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 396,624 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 23.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 19.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,474 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 4,279 | 47.5 mi |
Top 3 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 Ramon. 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.