In 2025, fire departments serving Seabeck responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $4K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
83 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $80K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 24 | +41.2% | |
| 2023 | 18 | -25.0% | |
| 2024* | 7 | — | |
| 2025 | 17 | — |
* Well below Seabeck'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 1 building fires Seabeck departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Seabeck mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 1 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Seabeck departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Seabeck sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 14,871 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,312 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 2,475 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,243 | 13.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Fireworks | 1,100 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 825 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 820 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 817 | 16.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 594 | 26.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 494 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 443 | 16.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 385 | 22.7 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 Washington cities with population within ±25% of Seabeck. 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.