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2025 County Report

Fires in Flagler County, FL

In 2025, fire departments serving Flagler County responded to 482 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1000K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

100,044 residents FIPS 12035 22 cities · 11 fire depts
Total incidents
482
3,525 across 5 years
Building fires
39
80 wildland
Property loss
$3.4M
$2.6M structure · $798K contents
Casualties
0 / 3
0 civ deaths · 2 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 44% of all calls.

482
Total Incidents
Power line down 72 14.9%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 40 8.3%
Building fires 39 8.1%
Unauthorized burning 33 6.8%
Passenger vehicle fire 26 5.4%
All other categories 272 56.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Flagler County?

May peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 39
Feb 46
Mar 48
Apr 69
May 72
Jun 56
Jul 59
Aug 46
Sep 24
Oct 21
Nov 2
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Flagler County

3,525 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 493
2022 790
2023 721
2024 1,039
2025 482
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 39 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
40%
38
Cause undetermined
21%
20
Intentional / arson
5%
5
Equipment / heat source failure
13%
12
Under investigation
13%
12
Act of nature (lightning)
8%
8
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $2.4M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Flagler County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 92% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $999,999 Palm Coast Building fires Major
2 $500,000 UNK NAME Building fires Major
3 $300,000 Flagler Beach Building fires Major
4 $250,000 Bunnell Building fires Major
5 $133,000 SAINT AUGUSTINE Building fires Significant
6 $75,000 Palm Coast Building fires Significant
7 $50,000 Palm Coast Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
8 $30,000 Palm Coast Building fires Significant
9 $25,000 SAINT AUGUSTINE Building fires Significant
10 $20,000 Bunnell Building fires Significant
06 How Flagler County compares

Flagler County vs FL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

4.82
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Flagler County
4.82
FL avg
5.32
US avg
7.15
0.39
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Flagler County
0.39
FL avg
0.42
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Flagler County
0
FL avg
4.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Flagler County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 12035.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Flagler County

11 departments report from this county.

SANIBEL FIRE RESCUE
Sanibel
FDID 18071 71 incidents 22 paid
FORT MEADE FIRE DEPT
Fort Meade
FDID 05081 69 incidents
CAMPBELLTON VOL FIRE DEPT
Campbellton
FDID 25012 4 incidents
FLAGLER BEACH FIRE DEPT
Flagler Beach
FDID 61011 0 incidents 11 paid 5 vol
KORONA VFD
—
FDID 61021 0 incidents 100 paid
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.