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2025 County Report

Fires in Collier County, FL

In 2025, fire departments serving Collier County responded to 1,417 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $600K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

149,634 residents FIPS 12021 46 cities · 7 fire depts
Total incidents
1,417
9,130 across 5 years
Building fires
95
213 wildland
Property loss
$6.5M
$5.2M structure · $1.2M contents
Casualties
0 / 12
0 civ deaths · 8 civ inj · 4 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.

1,417
Total Incidents
Power line down 160 11.3%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 156 11.0%
Aircraft standby 142 10.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 125 8.8%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 115 8.1%
All other categories 719 50.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Collier County?

May peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 86
Feb 157
Mar 146
Apr 191
May 207
Jun 96
Jul 90
Aug 103
Sep 90
Oct 98
Nov 46
Dec 107
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Collier County

9,130 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 1,673
2022 2,241
2023 2,073
2024 1,726
2025 1,417
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 95 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
49%
189
Cause undetermined
16%
62
Intentional / arson
3%
11
Equipment / heat source failure
16%
63
Under investigation
4%
14
Act of nature (lightning)
12%
37
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $3.0M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Collier County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 58% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $600,000 Naples Building fires Major
2 $500,000 Naples Water vehicle fire Major
3 $300,000 Naples Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Major
4 $260,000 Naples Building fires Major
5 $254,879 Naples Building fires Major
6 $250,000 Immokalee Building fires Major
7 $250,000 Marco Island Building fires Major
8 $200,000 Naples Building fires Significant
9 $200,000 Naples Building fires Significant
10 $200,000 Naples Building fires Significant
06 How Collier County compares

Collier County vs FL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.47
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Collier County
9.47
FL avg
5.32
US avg
7.15
0.63
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Collier County
0.63
FL avg
0.42
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Collier County
0
FL avg
4.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Collier County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 12021.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Collier County

7 departments report from this county.

IMMOKALEE FIRE CONTROL DIST
Ave Maria
FDID 64021 214 incidents 34 paid
CITY OF MARCO ISLAND FIRE DEPT
Marco Island
FDID 64052 136 incidents 43 paid
EAST NAPLES FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 64012 0 incidents
GOLDEN GATE FIRE DEPT
NAPLES
FDID 64022 0 incidents 45 paid 12 vol
Big Corkscrew Island FD
—
FDID 64031 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in FL

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 DOF Prarie Fire 2011 NPS 68,028
2 CP3 RX 2021 NPS 66,918
3 Buzzard 2018 NPS 62,454
4 Tarpon (BIL) 2023 NPS 52,542
5 CP-2 Exotics (BIL) 2023 NPS 49,703
6 EVER CP3 Exotics Rx 2024 NPS 47,986
7 ROG-South (BIL) 2023 NPS 47,619
8 ROG-South/Southern Glades 2020 NPS 43,751
9 BICY Kirby Rx FY24 2024 NPS 39,765
10 Mustang Corner 2008 NPS 39,423

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.