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In 2025, fire departments serving Tahoe Vista responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $8K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
33 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $891K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 12 | +140.0% | |
| 2023 | 5 | -58.3% | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 11 | — |
* Well below Tahoe Vista'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 0 building fires Tahoe Vista departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Wall assembly | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Tahoe Vista mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Tahoe Vista departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Tahoe Vista sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 567,025 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 51,386 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 47,029 | 30.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 46,800 | 24.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 41,545 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 33.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 24,140 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18,380 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 17,790 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,761 | 28.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15,584 | 26.3 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 96148 | 33 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Tahoe Vista. 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.