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In 2025, fire departments serving Paramount responded to 219 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $4.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,218 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $18.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 303 | — | |
| 2022 | 186 | -38.6% | |
| 2023 | 294 | +58.1% | |
| 2024 | 216 | -26.5% | |
| 2025 | 219 | +1.4% |
For the 12 building fires Paramount departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 210 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 | 42 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 24 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 15 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 13 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 68 | 32.4% |
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 Paramount mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 32 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 32 | 15.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 28 | 13.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 22 | 10.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Incendiary device | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 22 | 10.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Paramount departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,500,000 | Outside equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $150,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Paramount sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,035,739 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 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 44.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 30.5 mi |
Top 7 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 Paramount. 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.