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In 2025, fire departments serving Pasadena responded to 613 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.5M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Trash or rubbish fire, contained lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 41% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,946 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $25.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 575 | — | |
| 2022 | 591 | +2.8% | |
| 2023 | 579 | -2.0% | |
| 2024 | 588 | +1.6% | |
| 2025 | 613 | +4.3% |
For the 41 building fires Pasadena departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 850 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 | 140 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 88 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 82 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 76 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 73 | 8.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 61 | 7.2% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 34 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Other | 24 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 22 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 19 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 231 | 27.2% |
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 Pasadena mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 375 | 44.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 66 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 60 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 45 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 42 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 41 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 35 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 30 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 18 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 18 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 120 | 14.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Pasadena departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 87% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $300,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Natural vegetation fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pasadena sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,388,350 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 162,702 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 160,371 | 6.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 12.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 63,720 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 45,300 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 27.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 41.7 mi |
Top 10 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 Pasadena. 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.