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In 2025, fire departments serving Santa Rosa responded to 1,393 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K 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 53% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
6,705 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $13.3M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,195 | — | |
| 2022 | 1,300 | +8.8% | |
| 2023 | 1,356 | +4.3% | |
| 2024 | 1,461 | +7.7% | |
| 2025 | 1,393 | -4.7% |
For the 87 building fires Santa Rosa departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 661 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 | 119 | 18.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 103 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 44 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 41 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 33 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 31 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Other | 29 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 26 | 3.9% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 15 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 192 | 29.0% |
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 Santa Rosa mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 269 | 40.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 76 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 55 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 51 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 34 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 29 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 29 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 17 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 12 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 77 | 11.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Santa Rosa departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 47% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $150,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Santa Rosa sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
24 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 | 10 | |
| 40-49 | 4 | |
| 50-59 | 6 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,160,347 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 | 20.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 76,825 | 24.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76,067 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 69,363 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 12.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 13.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 55,209 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,920 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,000 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39,138 | 40.0 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 Santa Rosa. 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.