ZIP 92656 recorded 43 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 | 75 | |
| 2022 | 56 | |
| 2023 | 54 | |
| 2024 | 63 | |
| 2025 | 43 |
Nov peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 92656 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 34 | 11.7% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 30 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 30 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 23 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 21 | 7.2% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 92656 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 15.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Other | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 61 | 40.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 46 | 30.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 13 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 12 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 31 | 20.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 92656 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2061% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 92656.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliso Viejo | 279 | |
| 2 | Laguna Hills | 11 |
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.