In 2025, fire departments serving Edgewood responded to 23 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $75K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 96% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
135 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $491K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51 | — | |
| 2022 | 22 | -56.9% | |
| 2023 | 24 | +9.1% | |
| 2024* | 15 | — | |
| 2025 | 23 | — |
* Well below Edgewood'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 3 building fires Edgewood departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 20 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 | Undetermined | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 10.0% |
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 Edgewood mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Incendiary device | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 1 | 5.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Edgewood departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Edgewood sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 62,456 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52,056 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,312 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,061 | 40.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 594 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 494 | 3.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 420 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 384 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 360 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 359 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 310 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 302 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 294 | 48.0 mi |
Top 2 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 Edgewood. 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.