In 2025, fire departments serving Woodland Hills responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 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.
31 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $15K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022 | 5 | — | |
| 2023* | 3 | — | |
| 2024 | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | +133.3% |
* Well below Woodland Hills'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 Woodland Hills 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 | Other | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 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 Woodland Hills mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 20.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodland Hills sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 763,862 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Natural | 102,191 | 14.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 89,148 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68,547 | 44.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 58,707 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 48,986 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,387 | 28.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 37,923 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 33,838 | 19.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 14.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 28,442 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,456 | 20.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 22,045 | 48.9 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 | 84653 | 31 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Woodland Hills. 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.