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In 2025, fire departments serving Sanger responded to 273 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,392 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $6.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 234 | — | |
| 2022 | 241 | +3.0% | |
| 2023 | 316 | +31.1% | |
| 2024 | 328 | +3.8% | |
| 2025 | 273 | -16.8% |
For the 19 building fires Sanger departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 304 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 | Undetermined | 61 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 31 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Other | 15 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Exterior, exposed surface | 12 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 88 | 28.9% |
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 Sanger mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 122 | 40.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 32 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Fireworks | 14 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 11 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 58 | 19.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Sanger departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 92% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $165,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $160,353 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $125,000 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sanger sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 706,902 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 | 379,895 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 151,623 | 38.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 22,992 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 13,837 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,349 | 22.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 9,020 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 8,675 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 7,456 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,702 | 39.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,607 | 17.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,250 | 38.1 mi |
Top 5 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 Sanger. 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.