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In 2025, fire departments serving Toro Canyon responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 92% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
14 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $220K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 13 | — |
* Well below Toro Canyon'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 4 building fires Toro Canyon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 5 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 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Dumbwaiter or elavator shaft | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 20.0% |
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 Toro Canyon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 40.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Toro Canyon departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Toro Canyon sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,231,145 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 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 240,207 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 162,702 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91,622 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 63,720 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 45,300 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Smoking | 43,201 | 28.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 32,606 | 16.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30,000 | 38.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 24,800 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,238 | 37.2 mi |
Top 2 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 Toro Canyon. 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.