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In 2025, fire departments serving Hollywood responded to 600 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $750K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,874 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $15.7M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 538 | — | |
| 2022 | 374 | -30.5% | |
| 2023 | 723 | +93.3% | |
| 2024 | 639 | -11.6% | |
| 2025 | 600 | -6.1% |
For the 42 building fires Hollywood departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 802 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 | Undetermined | 216 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 153 | 19.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 105 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 35 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 34 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 20 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 18 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 17 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 17 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 161 | 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 Hollywood mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 480 | 59.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 59 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 46 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 40 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 24 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 21 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 13 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 74 | 9.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hollywood departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 59% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $175,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hollywood sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
13 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 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 5 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 904,309 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 158,000 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 68,295 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 62,404 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 57,000 | 29.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 49,500 | 29.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 42,000 | 32.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 41,000 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39,465 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 39,000 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 29,937 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 29,250 | 45.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 27,000 | 45.4 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 Florida cities with population within ±25% of Hollywood. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hollywood.
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.