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In 2025, fire departments serving Laguna Hills responded to 51 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
299 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $4.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 69 | — | |
| 2022 | 67 | -2.9% | |
| 2023 | 60 | -10.4% | |
| 2024 | 52 | -13.3% | |
| 2025 | 51 | -1.9% |
For the 6 building fires Laguna Hills departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 165 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 | 33 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 15 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Wall assembly | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 42 | 25.5% |
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 Laguna Hills mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 57 | 34.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 13 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 9 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Match | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 23 | 13.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Laguna Hills departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Laguna Hills sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 743,736 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 19.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 10.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 12.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,000 | 40.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 14.7 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 Laguna Hills. 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.