ZIP 90401 recorded 11 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 449 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Los Angeles County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
449 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 102 | |
| 2022 | 177 | |
| 2023 | 119 | |
| 2024 | 40 | |
| 2025 | 11 |
Feb peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 90401 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 79 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 77 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 73 | 16.3% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 32 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Chemical hazard (no spill or leak) | 24 | 5.3% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 90401 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 73 | 33.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 27 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 42 | 19.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 149 | 67.7% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 19 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Match | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 16 | 7.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 90401 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 86000% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 90401.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Monica | 449 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 449 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.