In 2025, fire departments serving Woodland responded to 70 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $15K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 47% of all calls.
May peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
434 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.9M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 110 | — | |
| 2022 | 86 | -21.8% | |
| 2023 | 79 | -8.1% | |
| 2024 | 89 | +12.7% | |
| 2025 | 70 | -21.3% |
For the 4 building fires Woodland departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 141 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 | 38 | 27.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 19.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 12 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 26 | 18.4% |
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 Woodland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 78 | 55.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated heat from another fire | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 7.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodland departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $500 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $250 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $200 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodland sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 111,399 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Fireworks | 48,488 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,995 | 37.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Smoking | 24,400 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 7,500 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,508 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 373 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 370 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 260 | 37.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Smoking | 250 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 211 | 36.4 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 Woodland. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Woodland.
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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.