In 2025, fire departments serving Honolulu County responded to 3,756 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $5.1M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Dec dips.
19,151 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,953 | |
| 2022 | 3,536 | |
| 2023 | 3,874 | |
| 2024 | 4,032 | |
| 2025 | 3,756 |
For the 208 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Honolulu County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 48% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,092,000 | KAILUA | Building fires | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $2,492,000 | KALIHI | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $1,179,000 | Honolulu | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $786,000 | Honolulu | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $736,000 | NANAKULI | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $701,000 | MANOA | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $700,000 | HONOLULU | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $670,000 | WAIANAE | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $668,000 | AIEA | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $648,000 | WAIANAE | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 15003.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Honolulu | 348,547 | View › |
| East Honolulu | 49,491 | View › |
| Pearl City | 46,812 | View › |
| Kailua | 40,323 | View › |
| Waipahu | 39,873 | View › |
| Kaneohe | 35,493 | View › |
| Mililani Town | 27,423 | View › |
| Ewa Gentry | 27,198 | View › |
| Kapolei | 22,701 | View › |
| Mililani Mauka | 21,546 | View › |
| Makakilo | 21,055 | View › |
| Schofield Barracks | 18,133 | View › |
1 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
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.