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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Hidden Hills, California

In 2025, fire departments serving Hidden Hills responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade A Peak yr 2023 Los Angeles County 2,107 residents 0 reporting departments 49 5-yr
Total incidents
15
+87.5% vs 2024
Building fires
1
Residential 0% Other 100%
Property loss
$100
$0 structure · $100 contents
Deaths & injuries
0 / 0
0 civilian deaths · 0 civ injuries · 0 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.

15
Total Incidents
Power line down 4 26.7%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 2 13.3%
Building fires 1 6.7%
Cooking fire, confined to container 1 6.7%
Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined 1 6.7%
All other categories 6 40.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

Jan peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 4
Feb 1
Mar 1
Apr 0
May 1
Jun 1
Jul 3
Aug 1
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 3
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Hidden Hills

49 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $657K cumulative property loss.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021* 5 —
2022* 5 —
2023 16 —
2024 8 -50.0%
2025 15 +87.5%

* Well below Hidden Hills'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.

03 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires Hidden Hills departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
0%
0
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
100%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Hidden Hills?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 11 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 originCountShare 
1 Cooking area, kitchen 2 18.2%
2 Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola 2 18.2%
3 Other 1 9.1%
4 Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room 1 9.1%
5 Storage room, area, tank, or bin 1 9.1%
6 Roof surface: exterior 1 9.1%
7 Engine area, running gear, wheel area 1 9.1%
8 Exterior, exposed surface 1 9.1%
9 Undetermined 1 9.1%
3c What ignited it

What actually ignited the fire?

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 Hidden Hills mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Arcing 4 36.4%
2 Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment 2 18.2%
3 Hot or smoldering object, other 2 18.2%
4 Undetermined 2 18.2%
5 Heat from powered equipment, other 1 9.1%
05 How Hidden Hills compares

Hidden Hills vs California vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hidden Hills sits below the national average for incidents per resident.

7.12
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Hidden Hills
7.12
CA avg
5.32
US avg
7.48
0.47
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Hidden Hills
0.47
CA avg
0.32
US avg
0.85
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Hidden Hills
0
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.9
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Hidden Hills

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,463,832 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2017 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 281,893 29.1 mi
2006 Debris and open burning 162,702 33.0 mi
2009 Arson/incendiarism 160,371 27.5 mi
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 115,997 40.5 mi
2003 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 108,204 15.3 mi
2018 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 96,949 5.7 mi
2003 Equipment and vehicle use 63,720 23.1 mi
2007 Power generation/transmission/distribution 45,300 28.4 mi
2016 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 41,432 23.3 mi
2007 Misuse of fire by a minor 38,356 31.1 mi
1993 Arson/incendiarism 38,152 11.8 mi
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 31,089 37.5 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Hidden Hills do fires concentrate?

Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.

#ZIP5-yr incidents 
1 91302 34
2 93940 7
3 91364 5
4 93924 2
5 93908 1
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Hidden Hills

Six California cities with population within ±25% of Hidden Hills. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.

07 Stay prepared

Before the next Red Flag day.

A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.

About this data

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.