Damage Report · San Diego County, California · August 2026
San Diego Fire Damage Report: August 2026
San Diego County recorded 255 damage incidents in August 2026, averaging 8 per day across 31 days. On August 23 in San Diego County crews handled 17 incidents, the busiest single day, and 193 incidents countywide carried medium or high damage estimates.
At a glance
- 255Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
- ~8/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 84Structure fires
- 17Incidents on August 23, the month's peak day
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: August 23 (17 incidents). Counties covered: San Diego.
What stood out
- August 23 saw 17 incidents in San Diego County, 2.1 times the daily average, concentrating response in San Diego and nearby communities during the busiest day of the month.
- Escondido, Oceanside, and Chula Vista combined for 48 incidents, a tight cluster of 48 calls that represented a clear local concentration of county activity in those corridors.
- San Diego accounted for 89 incidents while 193 incidents countywide carried medium or high damage estimates, directing larger restorations toward the city and nearby jurisdictions.
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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the San Diego County throughout August 2026, aggregated from FirstLeads' real-time incident monitoring network and frozen as a monthly snapshot at publish time. Damage severity is estimated from emergency response signals at the time of the incident.
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