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In 2025, fire departments serving Ladera Heights responded to 359 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K 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 71% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,239 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $382K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 152 | — | |
| 2023 | 340 | +123.7% | |
| 2024 | 376 | +10.6% | |
| 2025 | 359 | -4.5% |
* Well below Ladera Heights'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 4 building fires Ladera Heights departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 127 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 | 45 | 35.4% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 11 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 8 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 7 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 7 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 26 | 20.5% |
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 Ladera Heights mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 21.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 17 | 13.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 14 | 11.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Incendiary device | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 6.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Ladera Heights departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $500 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Ladera Heights sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,516,381 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 281,893 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 162,702 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 160,371 | 20.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 63,720 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 45,300 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 29.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 36.5 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 37.2 mi |
Top 3 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 Ladera Heights. 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.