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In 2025, fire departments serving Garden Grove responded to 394 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,396 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $21.2M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 496 | — | |
| 2022 | 506 | +2.0% | |
| 2023 | 485 | -4.2% | |
| 2024 | 515 | +6.2% | |
| 2025 | 394 | -23.5% |
For the 44 building fires Garden Grove departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1,546 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 | Other | 221 | 14.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 209 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 190 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 151 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 126 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 126 | 8.2% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 65 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 58 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 47 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 42 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 311 | 20.1% |
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 Garden Grove mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 875 | 56.6% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 92 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 73 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 67 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 63 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 59 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 51 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 35 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 31 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 29 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 171 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Garden Grove departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 88% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $750,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $750,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 7 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Garden Grove sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
21 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 | 7 | |
| 40-49 | 7 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 5 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 827,024 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 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 14.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 17.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,000 | 39.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,004 | 37.9 mi |
Top 10 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 Garden Grove. 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.