In 2025, fire departments serving Cuyahoga County responded to 9,871 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $66.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips.
64,654 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13,301 | |
| 2022 | 12,856 | |
| 2023 | 13,827 | |
| 2024 | 14,799 | |
| 2025 | 9,871 |
For the 1,476 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Cuyahoga County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 72% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $66,000,000 | CLEVELAND HEIGHTS | Building fires | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Cleveland Heights | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $1,800,000 | EUCLID | Passenger vehicle fire | Major |
| 4 | $1,500,000 | NORTH OLMSTED | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | HUNTING VALLEY | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $1,000,000 | CLEVELAND | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $1,000,000 | PEPPER PIKE | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $500,000 | CLEVELAND | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major |
| 9 | $500,000 | CLEVELAND | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $500,000 | CLEVELAND | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 39035.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 370,365 | View › |
| Parma | 80,587 | View › |
| Lakewood | 50,605 | View › |
| Euclid | 49,279 | View › |
| Strongsville | 46,165 | View › |
| Cleveland Heights | 45,002 | View › |
| Westlake | 34,027 | View › |
| North Olmsted | 32,244 | View › |
| North Royalton | 31,120 | View › |
| Garfield Heights | 29,497 | View › |
| Shaker Heights | 29,157 | View › |
| Solon | 24,053 | View › |
56 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OHOTR-FY19-RX-Blausey Spring 2019 WUI | 2019 | FWS | 125 |
| 2 | Little Storm Creek | 2020 | USFS | 122 |
| 3 | GREEN | 2015 | USFS | 109 |
| 4 | THIRTEEN | 2018 | USFS | 105 |
| 5 | Terra Vista Prescribe Fire | 2021 | NPS | 79 |
| 6 | Lawco | 2023 | USFS | 61 |
| 7 | 128 | 2021 | USFS | 51 |
| 8 | FY23 NERI RX Burns | 2022 | NPS | 40 |
| 9 | Rock Hollow | 2023 | USFS | 29 |
| 10 | HOADLEY | 2018 | USFS | 24 |
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.