In 2025, fire departments serving Henrico County responded to 2,150 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $810K property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Sep dips.
6,883 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 756 | |
| 2022 | 1,424 | |
| 2023 | 927 | |
| 2024 | 1,626 | |
| 2025 | 2,150 |
For the 110 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Henrico County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 43% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $810,432 | Henrico County | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $623,552 | HENRICO | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Major |
| 3 | $497,046 | Henrico County | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $492,633 | Glen Allen | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $450,000 | SANDSTON | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $385,500 | Mooreland Farms | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Gilbert Gardens | Fires in structures other than in a building | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | RICHMOND | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $261,014 | Glen Allen | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $252,800 | Chamberlayne Heights | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 51087.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuckahoe | 48,049 | View › |
| Short Pump | 28,400 | View › |
| Laurel | 18,480 | View › |
| East Highland Park | 16,499 | View › |
| Glen Allen | 16,246 | View › |
| Highland Springs | 14,881 | View › |
| Lakeside | 12,124 | View › |
| Wyndham | 12,110 | View › |
| Innsbrook | 8,699 | View › |
| Montrose | 8,363 | View › |
| Dumbarton | 8,271 | View › |
| Sandston | 7,152 | View › |
22 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 | 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 |
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.