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In 2025, fire departments serving Whittier responded to 398 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $280K 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 48% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,206 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $12.4M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 519 | — | |
| 2022 | 387 | -25.4% | |
| 2023 | 452 | +16.8% | |
| 2024 | 450 | -0.4% | |
| 2025 | 398 | -11.6% |
For the 11 building fires Whittier departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 415 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 | 105 | 25.3% | |
| 2 | Other | 37 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 30 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 29 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 28 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 18 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 14 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 12 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 115 | 27.7% |
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 Whittier mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 91 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 86 | 20.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 58 | 14.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 58 | 14.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 19 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 18 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 6 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 6 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 47 | 11.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Whittier departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 76% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $280,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $80,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $78,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $35,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Whittier sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
7 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,105,448 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 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 19.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108,204 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,949 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,432 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38,356 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 17.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30,274 | 49.8 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 Whittier. 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.