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In 2025, fire departments serving Stanford responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 46% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
156 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $785K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | — | |
| 2022* | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | 36 | — | |
| 2024 | 43 | +19.4% | |
| 2025 | 33 | -23.3% |
* Well below Stanford'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 4 building fires Stanford departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 38 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 | Other | 5 | 13.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Laboratory | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 26.3% |
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 Stanford mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 57.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Candle | 1 | 2.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Stanford departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 96% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $7,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $2,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Stanford sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 677,705 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 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 11.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 19.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,513 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,474 | 28.7 mi |
Top 6 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 Stanford. 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.