In 2025, fire departments serving Las Vegas responded to 7,814 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $7.0M 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 66% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
38,894 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $147.8M cumulative property loss. 31 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,004 | — | |
| 2022 | 6,082 | +21.5% | |
| 2023 | 10,053 | +65.3% | |
| 2024 | 9,941 | -1.1% | |
| 2025 | 7,814 | -21.4% |
For the 679 building fires Las Vegas departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9,282 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 | 1,497 | 16.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1,213 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 1,055 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Other | 758 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 555 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 439 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 309 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 278 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 270 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 218 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2,690 | 29.0% |
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 Las Vegas mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4,531 | 48.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1,434 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1,068 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 269 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 265 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 190 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 183 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 181 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 176 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 105 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 880 | 9.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Las Vegas departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 35% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $7,000,000 | Building fires | Catastrophic | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $850,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $750,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 7 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 8 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Las Vegas sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
238 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 | 12 | |
| 10-19 | 4 | |
| 20-29 | 27 | |
| 30-39 | 48 | |
| 40-49 | 45 | |
| 50-59 | 45 | |
| 60-69 | 26 | |
| 70-79 | 20 | |
| 80+ | 11 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 205,390 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 | 18.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 33,569 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 27,883 | 24.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 22,000 | 9.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 21,120 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 18,082 | 18.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 6,607 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 4,340 | 22.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 4,300 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 3,500 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 2,817 | 22.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2,758 | 20.3 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.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Las Vegas.
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.