In 2025, fire departments serving Deer Park responded to 97 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $25K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
634 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.0M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 167 | — | |
| 2022 | 122 | -26.9% | |
| 2023 | 132 | +8.2% | |
| 2024 | 116 | -12.1% | |
| 2025 | 97 | -16.4% |
For the 6 building fires Deer Park departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 177 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 | 24 | 13.6% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 21 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 16 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 9.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 7.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Other | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 47 | 26.6% |
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 Deer Park mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 67 | 37.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 15 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 29 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Deer Park departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $14,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Deer Park sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 320,455 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 127,430 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 64,007 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,005 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18,117 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15,269 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 12,764 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,797 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Firearms and explosives use | 10,552 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,017 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,046 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,983 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 3,082 | 35.7 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Washington cities with population within ±25% of Deer Park. 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.