In 2025, fire departments serving Marysville responded to 387 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K 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 52% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,269 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $11.7M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 460 | — | |
| 2022 | 547 | +18.9% | |
| 2023 | 525 | -4.0% | |
| 2024 | 350 | -33.3% | |
| 2025 | 387 | +10.6% |
For the 64 building fires Marysville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 599 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 | 156 | 26.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 74 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 48 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 38 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 31 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 23 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 20 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 154 | 25.7% |
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 Marysville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 345 | 57.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 39 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 33 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 31 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 15 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 13 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 9 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 58 | 9.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Marysville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 66% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $300,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $240,529 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $124,552 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $106,596 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $75,337 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $73,598 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $73,222 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marysville sits below 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 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,786 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 3,166 | 45.4 mi | |
| 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,162 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 360 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 289 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 225 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 216 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 200 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 170 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 100 | 48.8 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 94 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 89 | 10.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 | 21.6 mi |
Top 6 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 Marysville. 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.