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In 2025, fire departments serving Rancho Palos Verdes responded to 53 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
316 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 74 | — | |
| 2022 | 58 | -21.6% | |
| 2023 | 66 | +13.8% | |
| 2024 | 65 | -1.5% | |
| 2025 | 53 | -18.5% |
For the 5 building fires Rancho Palos Verdes departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 67 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 | 18 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 4 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Other | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 15 | 22.4% |
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 Rancho Palos Verdes mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 18 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 7 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 9.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 7.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Rancho Palos Verdes departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $6,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rancho Palos Verdes sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 898,089 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 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 46.5 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,970 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,238 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 49.1 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 Rancho Palos Verdes. 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.