In 2025, fire departments serving Incline Village responded to 81 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $25K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 84% of all calls.
Jul peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
311 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $318K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 98 | — | |
| 2022* | 30 | — | |
| 2023* | 27 | — | |
| 2024 | 75 | — | |
| 2025 | 81 | +8.0% |
* Well below Incline Village'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 4 building fires Incline Village departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | 5 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Closet | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 4.0% |
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 Incline Village mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Incline Village departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Incline Village sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 595,970 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 51,386 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 47,029 | 31.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 46,800 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 41,545 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 36,142 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 38.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 24,140 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18,380 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 17,790 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,761 | 34.1 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 Nevada cities with population within ±25% of Incline Village. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Incline Village.
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.