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In 2025, fire departments serving West Athens responded to 66 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 91% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
154 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $43K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 17 | — | |
| 2023 | 29 | — | |
| 2024 | 42 | +44.8% | |
| 2025 | 66 | +57.1% |
* Well below West Athens'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 9 building fires West Athens departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 41 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 | 15 | 36.6% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 3 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Corridor, mall | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 9.8% |
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 West Athens mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 29.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 19.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 7 | 17.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Incendiary device | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Warning or road flare; fusee | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 2.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by West Athens departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. West Athens sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,064,716 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 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 29.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 63,720 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 41.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30,274 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30,000 | 44.2 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90247 | 154 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of West Athens. 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.