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2025 County Report

Fires in Juneau City and Borough, AK

In 2025, fire departments serving Juneau City and Borough responded to 206 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $485K property loss.

32,108 residents FIPS 02110 7 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
206
968 across 5 years
Building fires
12
0 wildland
Property loss
$1.5M
$1.3M structure · $257K contents
Casualties
0 / 7
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 7 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.

206
Total Incidents
Unauthorized burning 64 31.1%
Authorized controlled burning 30 14.6%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 21 10.2%
Building fires 12 5.8%
Cooking fire, confined to container 9 4.4%
All other categories 70 34.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Juneau City and Borough?

Jun peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 8
Feb 11
Mar 14
Apr 16
May 19
Jun 29
Jul 19
Aug 24
Sep 14
Oct 13
Nov 13
Dec 26
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Juneau City and Borough

968 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 193
2022 193
2023 191
2024 185
2025 206
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 12 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
69%
22
Cause undetermined
6%
2
Intentional / arson
19%
6
Equipment / heat source failure
3%
1
Under investigation
3%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.2M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Juneau City and Borough during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $485,300 Juneau Building fires Major
2 $250,000 Juneau Building fires Major
3 $125,000 Juneau Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 Juneau Building fires Significant
5 $80,000 Juneau Building fires Significant
6 $60,000 Juneau Building fires Significant
7 $50,000 Juneau Building fires Significant
8 $50,000 Juneau Passenger vehicle fire Significant
9 $38,700 Juneau Building fires Significant
10 $10,000 Juneau Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Juneau City and Borough compares

Juneau City and Borough vs AK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.42
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Juneau City and Borough
6.42
AK avg
8.42
US avg
7.15
0.37
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Juneau City and Borough
0.37
AK avg
1.2
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Juneau City and Borough
0
AK avg
19.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Juneau City and Borough

7 cities mapped to FIPS 02110.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Juneau City and Borough

1 departments report from this county.

Capital City FireRescue
Juneau
FDID 11100 224 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AK

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 832015 1988 AFS 558,928
2 Minto Flats South 2009 DVF 534,911
3 FYU NE 85 1990 BLM 433,768
4 BEAR CREEK 1977 AFS 374,389
5 Simels 1997 BLM 347,860
6 Big Creek Two 2015 BLM 312,918
7 BTTS S 40 1990 BLM 289,913
8 032018 1990 BLM 287,704
9 832064 1988 AFS 284,466
10 Sushgitit Hills 2015 BLM 276,038

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.