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2025 County Report

Fires in Manassas city, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Manassas city responded to 213 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $750K property loss.

42,620 residents FIPS 51683 1 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
213
1,337 across 5 years
Building fires
29
14 wildland
Property loss
$2.3M
$1.7M structure · $625K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.

213
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 47 22.1%
Building fires 29 13.6%
Hazardous condition, other 14 6.6%
Outside rubbish fire, other 12 5.6%
Cooking fire, confined to container 11 5.2%
All other categories 100 46.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Manassas city?

Mar peaks. May dips.

Jan 14
Feb 26
Mar 33
Apr 24
May 4
Jun 11
Jul 22
Aug 4
Sep 15
Oct 20
Nov 19
Dec 21
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Manassas city

1,337 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 234
2022 271
2023 336
2024 283
2025 213
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 29 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
43%
18
Cause undetermined
7%
3
Intentional / arson
14%
6
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
5
Under investigation
19%
8
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.7M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Manassas city during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 98% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $750,000 MANASSAS Fire, other Major
2 $440,200 MANASSAS Building fires Major
3 $300,000 Manassas Building fires Major
4 $80,000 MANASSAS Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
5 $50,000 MANASSAS Building fires Significant
6 $20,000 MANASSAS Outside rubbish fire, other Significant
7 $15,000 MANASSAS Building fires Significant
8 $15,000 MANASSAS Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
9 $10,000 MANASSAS Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $10,000 MANASSAS Building fires Significant
06 How Manassas city compares

Manassas city vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Manassas city
5
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
0.68
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Manassas city
0.68
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Manassas city
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Manassas city

1 cities mapped to FIPS 51683.

CityPopulation 
Manassas 42,620 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Manassas city

1 departments report from this county.

Manassas Vol Fire Co
Manassas
FDID 68301 0 incidents 7 paid 32 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in VA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
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

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.