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In 2025, fire departments serving Placentia responded to 61 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Special outside fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 85% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
450 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $26K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 138 | — | |
| 2023 | 153 | +10.9% | |
| 2024 | 93 | -39.2% | |
| 2025 | 61 | -34.4% |
* Well below Placentia'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 7 building fires Placentia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 259 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 | Undetermined | 67 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 52 | 20.1% | |
| 3 | Other | 23 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 7 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 45 | 17.4% |
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 Placentia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 159 | 61.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 13 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 27 | 10.4% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Placentia sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 915,019 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 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 39.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 6.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 14.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,000 | 30.0 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 Placentia. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Placentia.
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.