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In 2025, fire departments serving Seal Beach responded to 56 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
303 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $2.1M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | — | |
| 2022 | 71 | +31.5% | |
| 2023 | 65 | -8.5% | |
| 2024 | 57 | -12.3% | |
| 2025 | 56 | -1.8% |
For the 3 building fires Seal Beach departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 143 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 | 37 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Other | 13 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 6 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 38 | 26.6% |
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 Seal Beach mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 9 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 6.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Seal Beach departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $9,400 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $7,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $4,000 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Seal Beach sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 852,702 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 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 20.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 23.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,970 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,025 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,000 | 45.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,384 | 38.8 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 Seal Beach. 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.