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In 2025, fire departments serving Brea responded to 111 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
523 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.7M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | 120 | — | |
| 2023 | 139 | +15.8% | |
| 2024 | 142 | +2.2% | |
| 2025 | 111 | -21.8% |
* Well below Brea's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 9 building fires Brea departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 202 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 | Outside area, other | 31 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 20 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 17 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 16 | 7.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 46 | 22.8% |
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 Brea mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 126 | 62.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 12 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 12 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Brea departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $21,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $4,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $3,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Brea sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 957,265 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 160,371 | 28.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 22.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 38.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 21.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 8.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 16.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,970 | 49.3 mi |
Top 5 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 Brea. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Brea.
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.