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In 2025, fire departments serving La Verne responded to 124 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K 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 54% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
604 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $5.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 93 | — | |
| 2022 | 172 | +84.9% | |
| 2023 | 107 | -37.8% | |
| 2024 | 108 | +0.9% | |
| 2025 | 124 | +14.8% |
For the 8 building fires La Verne departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 101 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 9 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 34 | 33.7% |
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 La Verne mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 22 | 21.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 13 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 10 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Candle | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 12 | 11.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by La Verne departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $300,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $125,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. La Verne sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,018,903 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 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 13.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 28.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 16.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 7.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 20.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 17.2 mi |
Top 6 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 La Verne. 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.