In 2025, fire departments serving Henderson responded to 958 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $600K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
4,872 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $24.9M cumulative property loss. 9 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 995 | — | |
| 2022 | 1,023 | +2.8% | |
| 2023 | 951 | -7.0% | |
| 2024 | 945 | -0.6% | |
| 2025 | 958 | +1.4% |
For the 119 building fires Henderson departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1,305 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 | 278 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 98 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 91 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 81 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 72 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 61 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 50 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 50 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 46 | 3.5% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 42 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 436 | 33.4% |
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 Henderson mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 394 | 30.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 174 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 111 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 99 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 91 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 76 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 46 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 41 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 39 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 31 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 203 | 15.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Henderson departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 47% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $190,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Henderson sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
148 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 7 | |
| 20-29 | 31 | |
| 30-39 | 27 | |
| 40-49 | 26 | |
| 50-59 | 25 | |
| 60-69 | 12 | |
| 70-79 | 8 | |
| 80+ | 10 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 237,053 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 40,402 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 33,569 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 27,883 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 22,477 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 22,000 | 16.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 21,276 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 18,082 | 30.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 5,700 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 4,465 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 4,340 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 4,300 | 33.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 3,800 | 42.9 mi |
Top 10 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Nevada cities with population within ±25% of Henderson. 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.