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In 2025, fire departments serving Santa Monica responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Santa Monica's departments reported 26 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 394 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,968 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $6.0M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 559 | — | |
| 2022 | 821 | +46.9% | |
| 2023 | 445 | -45.8% | |
| 2024* | 117 | — | |
| 2025* | 26 | — |
* Well below Santa Monica'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 0 building fires Santa Monica departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 753 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 | Outside area, other | 205 | 27.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 122 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 104 | 13.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 45 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 42 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 29 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 15 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 133 | 17.7% |
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 Santa Monica mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 482 | 64.0% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 50 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 31 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 24 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 19 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Match | 16 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 52 | 6.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Santa Monica departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $500 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Santa Monica sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,503,524 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 281,893 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 162,702 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 160,371 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 19.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 63,720 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 45,300 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 35.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 24.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 42.2 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 Santa Monica. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Santa Monica.
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.