In 2025, fire departments serving Raymond responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $195K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 54% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
154 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | 44 | -10.2% | |
| 2023 | 24 | -45.5% | |
| 2024* | 13 | — | |
| 2025 | 24 | — |
* Well below Raymond'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 3 building fires Raymond departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 107 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 | Outside area, other | 23 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 7 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 5 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Function area, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 27 | 25.2% |
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 Raymond mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 11 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 8 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 7.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Raymond departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $194,800 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Raymond sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,813 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 384 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 268 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 229 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 185 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 140 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 127 | 20.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 119 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Fireworks | 110 | 10.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 107 | 39.6 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 102 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 24.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 98 | 18.0 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 98577 | 154 |
Six Washington cities with population within ±25% of Raymond. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Raymond.
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.