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In 2025, fire departments serving Ukiah responded to 187 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 46% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,333 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $9.9M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 295 | — | |
| 2022 | 269 | -8.8% | |
| 2023 | 267 | -0.7% | |
| 2024 | 315 | +18.0% | |
| 2025 | 187 | -40.6% |
For the 17 building fires Ukiah departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 582 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 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 102 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 96 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 47 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 44 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 34 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 31 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 24 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 21 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 18 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 125 | 21.5% |
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 Ukiah mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 294 | 50.5% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 104 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 30 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Molten, hot material | 12 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Match | 11 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 9 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 50 | 8.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Ukiah departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 92% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $80,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $65,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Ukiah sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
9 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,183,165 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 410,203 | 8.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 83,323 | 17.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 76,825 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76,067 | 32.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 69,363 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 55,209 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,920 | 7.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 41,983 | 49.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,000 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,523 | 7.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,502 | 29.5 mi |
Top 2 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 Ukiah. 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.