ZIP 92653 recorded 48 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 291 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Orange County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
291 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | |
| 2022 | 64 | |
| 2023 | 57 | |
| 2024 | 51 | |
| 2025 | 48 |
May peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 92653 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 39 | 13.4% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 30 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 23 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 19 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 16 | 5.5% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 92653 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Other | 16 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 48 | 29.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 56 | 34.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 18 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 14 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 30 | 18.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 92653 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 808% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $110,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 92653.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laguna Hills | 286 | |
| 2 | Laguna Woods | 2 | |
| 3 | Mission Viejo | 2 | |
| 4 | Aliso Viejo | 1 |
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 — 291 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.