In 2025, fire departments serving Enumclaw responded to 232 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $559K 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 59% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,257 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $8.7M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 275 | — | |
| 2022 | 235 | -14.5% | |
| 2023 | 293 | +24.7% | |
| 2024 | 222 | -24.2% | |
| 2025 | 232 | +4.5% |
For the 44 building fires Enumclaw departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 210 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 | 46 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Other | 20 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 19 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 60 | 28.6% |
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 Enumclaw mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 108 | 51.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 28 | 13.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Enumclaw departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 89% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $559,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $60,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Enumclaw 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 68,504 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 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 3,853 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 1,700 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,061 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 969 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 894 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 780 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 750 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 588 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 540 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 523 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 494 | 16.8 mi |
Top 9 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 Enumclaw. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Enumclaw.
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.