In 2025, fire departments serving Suquamish responded to 41 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
235 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $659K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | — | |
| 2022 | 47 | +17.5% | |
| 2023 | 65 | +38.3% | |
| 2024 | 42 | -35.4% | |
| 2025 | 41 | -2.4% |
For the 3 building fires Suquamish departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 31 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 | 10 | 32.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 9.7% |
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 Suquamish mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 51.6% | |
| 2 | Fireworks | 4 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 3.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Suquamish departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Suquamish sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 14,914 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 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 2,475 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,243 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Fireworks | 1,100 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 825 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 820 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 817 | 27.7 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 594 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 494 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 443 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 385 | 34.4 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 Suquamish. 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.