In 2025, fire departments serving Dallas County responded to 19,606 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 48% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
84,801 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15,195 | |
| 2022 | 15,287 | |
| 2023 | 15,326 | |
| 2024 | 19,387 | |
| 2025 | 19,606 |
For the 1,271 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Dallas County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 79% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000,000 | Dallas | Rail vehicle fire | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $100,000,000 | Dallas | Special outside fire, other | Catastrophic |
| 3 | $1,500,000 | GRAND PRAIRIE | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | MESQUITE | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | Dallas | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $1,000,000 | Dallas | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $1,000,000 | Dallas | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $1,000,000 | Dallas | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $969,710 | Dallas | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $931,210 | Dallas | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 48113.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas | 1,300,642 | View › |
| Irving | 254,962 | View › |
| Garland | 244,026 | View › |
| Grand Prairie | 197,279 | View › |
| Mesquite | 149,439 | View › |
| Carrollton | 132,284 | View › |
| Richardson | 118,063 | View › |
| Rowlett | 63,291 | View › |
| DeSoto | 55,882 | View › |
| Cedar Hill | 48,733 | View › |
| Coppell | 42,513 | View › |
| Lancaster | 40,958 | View › |
27 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 | Smokehouse Creek | 2024 | SF | 1,054,154 |
| 2 | Rock House | 2011 | NPS | 314,377 |
| 3 | Potter#1FP (Fain Plant) | 2006 | NPS | 22,040 |
| 4 | Cane | 2017 | NPS | 14,240 |
| 5 | WF HOLIDAY 1 & 2 | 2012 | FWS | 14,181 |
| 6 | PAIS Front Country S. FY20 RX (ADD-ON) | 2020 | NPS | 13,339 |
| 7 | Laguna 24 | 2024 | NPS | 12,385 |
| 8 | CUTOFF | 2010 | NPS | 10,280 |
| 9 | WF Unit 1 1/2 | 2015 | FWS | 7,657 |
| 10 | Big Canyon | 1990 | NPS | 7,432 |
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.