In 2025, fire departments serving Ventura County responded to 3,071 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $7.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips.
15,398 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,670 | |
| 2022 | 3,083 | |
| 2023 | 3,318 | |
| 2024 | 3,256 | |
| 2025 | 3,071 |
For the 309 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Ventura County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 88% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $7,000,000 | Oxnard | Building fires | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Ventura | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Oxnard | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Oxnard | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Ventura | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Oxnard | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Oxnard | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Oxnard | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $100,000 | Ventura | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | Ventura | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 06111.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Oxnard | 202,279 | View › |
| Thousand Oaks | 126,532 | View › |
| Simi Valley | 126,153 | View › |
| San Buenaventura | 110,358 | View › |
| Camarillo | 70,622 | View › |
| Moorpark | 36,073 | View › |
| Santa Paula | 30,788 | View › |
| Port Hueneme | 21,847 | View › |
| Fillmore | 16,455 | View › |
| Oak Park | 13,627 | View › |
| Ojai | 7,610 | View › |
| Mira Monte | 6,837 | View › |
6 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
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.