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In 2025, fire departments serving Sebastopol responded to 215 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 73% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,315 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $4.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 230 | — | |
| 2022 | 277 | +20.4% | |
| 2023 | 267 | -3.6% | |
| 2024 | 326 | +22.1% | |
| 2025 | 215 | -34.0% |
For the 23 building fires Sebastopol departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 130 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 | 21 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 11 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 47 | 36.2% |
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 Sebastopol mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 63 | 48.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 10 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 10 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 6.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Sebastopol departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $17,500 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $6,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sebastopol sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
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 | 27.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 76,825 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76,067 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 69,363 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 19.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 19.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 55,209 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,920 | 48.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,000 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39,138 | 46.5 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 Sebastopol. 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.