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2025 County Report

Fires in Danville city, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Danville city responded to 983 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $10.0M property loss.

42,507 residents FIPS 51590 2 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
983
3,841 across 5 years
Building fires
61
78 wildland
Property loss
$23.4M
$12.7M structure · $10.7M contents
Casualties
0 / 3
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 3 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.

983
Total Incidents
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 250 25.4%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 185 18.8%
Building fires 61 6.2%
Power line down 54 5.5%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 41 4.2%
All other categories 392 39.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Danville city?

Mar peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 96
Feb 66
Mar 101
Apr 81
May 71
Jun 69
Jul 91
Aug 95
Sep 70
Oct 81
Nov 79
Dec 83
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Danville city

3,841 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 716
2022 990
2023 387
2024 765
2025 983
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 61 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
56%
84
Cause undetermined
8%
12
Intentional / arson
6%
9
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
18
Under investigation
11%
16
Act of nature (lightning)
7%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $12.0M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Danville city during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 94% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $10,000,000 Danville Fires in structures other than in a building Catastrophic
2 $1,134,937 DANVILLE Building fires Major
3 $300,000 Danville Building fires Major
4 $150,000 Danville Building fires Significant
5 $110,000 Danville Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $75,000 Danville Building fires Significant
7 $75,000 Danville Building fires Significant
8 $60,000 Danville Building fires Significant
9 $50,000 Danville Building fires Significant
10 $50,000 Danville Building fires Significant
06 How Danville city compares

Danville city vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

23.13
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Danville city
23.13
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
1.44
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Danville city
1.44
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Danville city
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Danville city

2 cities mapped to FIPS 51590.

CityPopulation 
Danville 42,507 View ›
Dundee 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Danville city

2 departments report from this county.

Danville Fire Dept
Danville
FDID 59000 840 incidents 121 paid
DANVILLE FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 59007 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in VA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 PINNACLES 2000 NPS 18,055
2 Mount Pleasant 2016 USFS 11,210
3 Waterfall Mountain 2024 USFS 6,398
4 Waites Run 2024 USFS 6,223
5 OLD RAG 2000 NPS 6,127
6 BIG RUN 1986 NPS 4,696
7 FULTZ RUN 2002 NPS 4,194
8 Shop Run 1999 NPS 3,229
9 Raven Rock 2016 USFS 2,401
10 Tye River 2018 USFS 2,057

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.