In 2025, fire departments serving Kauai County responded to 461 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $60K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Sep dips.
1,674 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 237 | |
| 2022 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 468 | |
| 2024 | 508 | |
| 2025 | 461 |
For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Kauai County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 93% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | PRINCEVILLE | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 2 | $35,000 | POIPU | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 3 | $15,000 | KILAUEA | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Kapaa | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | WAINIHA | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Lihue | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant |
| 7 | $8,000 | Puhi | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 8 | $3,000 | Puhi | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $3,000 | Wailua | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $3,000 | KAPAA | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 15007.
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.