In 2025, fire departments serving Vaughn responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 92% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
50 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $10K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 6 | -50.0% | |
| 2023 | 9 | +50.0% | |
| 2024 | 11 | +22.2% | |
| 2025 | 12 | +9.1% |
For the 0 building fires Vaughn departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3 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 | Structural area, other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 33.3% |
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 Vaughn mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 1 | 33.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Vaughn sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,331 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 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 2,475 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,243 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Fireworks | 1,100 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 825 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 817 | 29.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 594 | 14.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 494 | 22.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 443 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 385 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 384 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 359 | 47.1 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 | 98394 | 50 |
Six Washington cities with population within ±25% of Vaughn. 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.