ZIP 92021 recorded 241 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,135 across 2021–2025. Primary county: San Diego County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,135 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 230 | |
| 2022 | 260 | |
| 2023 | 208 | |
| 2024 | 196 | |
| 2025 | 241 |
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 92021 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 176 | 15.5% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 103 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 84 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 79 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 64 | 5.6% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 92021 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 19.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 30 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 15 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 14 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 13 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 71 | 25.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 167 | 59.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 21 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 12 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 9.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 92021 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 187% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Fire, other | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 92021.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Cajon | 573 | |
| 2 | Lakeside | 448 | |
| 3 | San Miguel | 87 | |
| 4 | Crest | 12 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,135 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.