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2025 County Report

Fires in Kitsap County, WA

In 2025, fire departments serving Kitsap County responded to 2,133 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.0M property loss.

188,242 residents FIPS 53035 80 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
2,133
11,344 across 5 years
Building fires
113
191 wildland
Property loss
$9.3M
$7.2M structure · $2.1M contents
Casualties
3 / 8
3 civ deaths · 4 civ inj · 4 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.

2,133
Total Incidents
Power line down 460 21.6%
Unauthorized burning 460 21.6%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 145 6.8%
Authorized controlled burning 141 6.6%
Building fires 113 5.3%
All other categories 814 38.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Kitsap County?

Aug peaks. Mar dips.

Jan 104
Feb 214
Mar 99
Apr 115
May 140
Jun 189
Jul 222
Aug 244
Sep 213
Oct 219
Nov 168
Dec 206
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Kitsap County

11,344 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 2,393
2022 2,318
2023 2,447
2024 2,053
2025 2,133
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 113 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
39%
91
Cause undetermined
24%
55
Intentional / arson
6%
15
Equipment / heat source failure
10%
23
Under investigation
16%
38
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
8
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $4.1M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Kitsap County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 57% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $1,000,000 Bremerton Building fires Major
2 $650,000 Bremerton Building fires Major
3 $436,600 Port Orchard Building fires Major
4 $350,000 Bremerton Building fires Major
5 $325,000 Port Orchard Building fires Major
6 $300,000 Poulsbo Building fires Major
7 $296,000 Bremerton Building fires Major
8 $292,340 Port Orchard Building fires Major
9 $250,000 Poulsbo Building fires Major
10 $247,680 Olalla Building fires Significant
06 How Kitsap County compares

Kitsap County vs WA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

11.33
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Kitsap County
11.33
WA avg
8.31
US avg
7.15
0.6
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Kitsap County
0.6
WA avg
0.69
US avg
0.82
15.9
Civilian fire deaths per million
Kitsap County
15.9
WA avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Kitsap County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 53035.

CityPopulation 
Bremerton 43,983 View ›
Bainbridge Island 24,681 View ›
Silverdale 21,774 View ›
Port Orchard 15,820 View ›
Poulsbo 11,824 View ›
Parkwood 7,303 View ›
Bangor Base 6,045 View ›
Manchester 6,033 View ›
Tracyton 5,614 View ›
East Port Orchard 5,501 View ›
Suquamish 4,329 View ›
Bethel 4,220 View ›
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in WA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Carlton 2014 BLM 230,101
2 Cold Springs 2020 BIA 189,911
3 Range 12 2016 DOD 176,834
4 Range 12 2016 BLM 175,245
5 Tunk Block 2015 BLM 165,004
6 North Star 2015 USFS 165,003
7 Diamond Creek 2017 USFS 126,836
8 Lime Belt 2015 BLM 120,526
9 SCHNEIDER SPRINGS 2021 USFS 107,352
10 Colockum Tarps 2013 BLM 81,513

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.