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In 2025, fire departments serving Mission Viejo responded to 102 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
608 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $7.3M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 127 | — | |
| 2022 | 115 | -9.4% | |
| 2023 | 126 | +9.6% | |
| 2024 | 138 | +9.5% | |
| 2025 | 102 | -26.1% |
For the 15 building fires Mission Viejo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 338 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 | 58 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Other | 37 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 23 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 18 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 17 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 14 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 111 | 32.8% |
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 Mission Viejo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 119 | 35.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 40 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 38 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 32 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 22 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 40 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mission Viejo departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mission Viejo sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
15 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 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 4 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 2 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 796,658 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 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 18.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 9.4 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,164 | 49.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 9.4 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 Mission Viejo. 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.