Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
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In 2025, fire departments serving Thousand Oaks responded to 288 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,253 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 138 | — | |
| 2022 | 252 | — | |
| 2023 | 288 | +14.3% | |
| 2024 | 287 | -0.3% | |
| 2025 | 288 | +0.3% |
* Well below Thousand Oaks'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 33 building fires Thousand Oaks departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 593 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 | 146 | 24.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 96 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 81 | 13.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 26 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 17 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 13 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 12 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 123 | 20.7% |
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 Thousand Oaks mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 330 | 55.6% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 54 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 46 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 39 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 25 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 42 | 7.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Thousand Oaks sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,361,813 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 281,893 | 19.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 162,702 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 160,371 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 17.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 10.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 63,720 | 21.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 45,300 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 38.5 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 1.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31,089 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30,274 | 36.6 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 Thousand Oaks. 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.