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In 2025, fire departments serving West Carson responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . 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 100% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
29 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | +12.5% | |
| 2025 | 11 | +22.2% |
* Well below West Carson'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 West Carson departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 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 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 50.0% |
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 West Carson mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 50.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. West Carson sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 971,693 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 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 38,152 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 32.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30,000 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,970 | 36.6 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 | 90502 | 29 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of West Carson. 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.