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2025 County Report

Fires in Solano County, CA

In 2025, fire departments serving Solano County responded to 2,479 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

438,004 residents FIPS 06095 52 cities · 13 fire depts
Total incidents
2,479
14,908 across 5 years
Building fires
152
526 wildland
Property loss
$25.5M
$19.1M structure · $6.4M contents
Casualties
1 / 10
1 civ deaths · 9 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.

2,479
Total Incidents
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 364 14.7%
Outside rubbish fire, other 346 14.0%
Grass fire 265 10.7%
Passenger vehicle fire 179 7.2%
Building fires 152 6.1%
All other categories 1,173 47.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Solano County?

Jan peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 296
Feb 160
Mar 195
Apr 150
May 229
Jun 291
Jul 277
Aug 225
Sep 217
Oct 189
Nov 127
Dec 123
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Solano County

14,908 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 3,010
2022 3,281
2023 3,027
2024 3,111
2025 2,479
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 152 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
27%
172
Cause undetermined
37%
233
Intentional / arson
16%
99
Equipment / heat source failure
8%
49
Under investigation
12%
75
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $9.6M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Solano County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 50% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $2,000,000 Rio Vista Fires in structures other than in a building Major
2 $1,000,000 BENICIA Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Major
3 $1,000,000 Vacaville Building fires Major
4 $1,000,000 FAIRFLD Building fires Major
5 $975,000 Vallejo Building fires Major
6 $850,000 Vallejo Building fires Major
7 $800,000 SUISUN CITY Building fires Major
8 $750,000 Vallejo Building fires Major
9 $750,000 Vallejo Building fires Major
10 $500,000 BENICIA Outside equipment fire Major
06 How Solano County compares

Solano County vs CA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.66
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Solano County
5.66
CA avg
5.35
US avg
7.15
0.35
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Solano County
0.35
CA avg
0.33
US avg
0.82
2.3
Civilian fire deaths per million
Solano County
2.3
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Solano County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 06095.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Solano County

13 departments report from this county.

VALLEJO FD
—
FDID 48070 1,031 incidents
FAIRFIELD FD
—
FDID 48025 351 incidents
VACAVILLE FD
—
FDID 48060 271 incidents
DIXON FD
—
FDID 48015 223 incidents
SUISUN CITY FD
—
FDID 48050 183 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in CA

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 DIXIE 2021 USFS 963,309
2 DOE 2020 USFS 589,835
3 PARK 2024 CDF 429,602
4 Ranch 2018 USFS 410,202
5 Ranch 2018 BLM 410,200
6 CREEK 2020 USFS 379,881
7 HOPKINS 2020 USFS 328,621
8 Claremont 2020 USFS 318,776
9 Rush 2012 BLM 307,083
10 Rush 2012 BLM 306,810

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.