In 2025, fire departments serving Naples responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 88% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
233 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $130K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | 76 | — | |
| 2023 | 53 | -30.3% | |
| 2024 | 54 | +1.9% | |
| 2025 | 40 | -25.9% |
* Well below Naples'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 8 building fires Naples departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 11 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 | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Structural area, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 8 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 1 | 9.1% |
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 Naples mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Incendiary device | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Naples sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,108 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 694 | 41.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Smoking | 145 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 | 40.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 19.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 21.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 39.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 52 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 | 22.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 | 22.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 | 3.3 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Naples. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Naples.
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.