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In 2025, fire departments serving Aliso Viejo responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
283 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.8M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | — | |
| 2022 | 55 | -26.7% | |
| 2023 | 52 | -5.5% | |
| 2024 | 61 | +17.3% | |
| 2025 | 40 | -34.4% |
For the 6 building fires Aliso Viejo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 148 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 15.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Other | 10 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 48 | 32.4% |
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 Aliso Viejo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 30.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 13 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 23 | 15.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Aliso Viejo departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Aliso Viejo sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 683,642 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 12.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 14.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,000 | 42.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,004 | 18.7 mi |
Top 4 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 Aliso Viejo. 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.