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In 2025, fire departments serving Torrance responded to 570 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 52% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,492 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $9.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 342 | — | |
| 2022 | 529 | +54.7% | |
| 2023 | 525 | -0.8% | |
| 2024 | 526 | +0.2% | |
| 2025 | 570 | +8.4% |
For the 25 building fires Torrance departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 567 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 | 72 | 12.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 62 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 61 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 48 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 46 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 45 | 7.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 38 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 27 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 16 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 134 | 23.6% |
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 Torrance mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 294 | 51.9% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 46 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 33 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 30 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 28 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 12 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 41 | 7.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Torrance departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 75% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $310,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $124,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $98,920 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $85,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $80,150 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Torrance sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 977,190 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 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 47.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30,000 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,970 | 34.6 mi |
Top 10 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 Torrance. 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.