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In 2025, fire departments serving Susanville responded to 233 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $164K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
981 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 204 | — | |
| 2022 | 170 | -16.7% | |
| 2023 | 156 | -8.2% | |
| 2024 | 218 | +39.7% | |
| 2025 | 233 | +6.9% |
For the 24 building fires Susanville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 222 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 | Outside area, other | 44 | 19.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Other | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 78 | 35.1% |
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 Susanville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 72 | 32.4% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 25 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 34 | 15.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Susanville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $164,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $18,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $3,000 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Susanville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,390,679 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 318,776 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 315,578 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 84,817 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83,599 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 75,431 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 67,792 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 64,994 | 19.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54,608 | 25.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 47,133 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 29,570 | 12.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 28,079 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 22,905 | 20.2 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 Susanville. 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.