In 2025, fire departments serving Martin County responded to 721 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.5M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment lead by count. Top five categories make up about 43% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
4,663 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 936 | |
| 2022 | 1,103 | |
| 2023 | 934 | |
| 2024 | 969 | |
| 2025 | 721 |
For the 40 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Martin County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 71% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Palm City | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Jensen Beach | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Jensen Beach | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $275,000 | Stuart | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Indiantown | Aircraft fire | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Stuart | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Jensen Beach | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Jensen Beach | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $200,000 | Jensen Beach | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | Jensen Beach | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 12085.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Palm City | 25,957 | View › |
| Stuart | 17,639 | View › |
| Hobe Sound | 14,188 | View › |
| Jensen Beach | 12,581 | View › |
| Port Salerno | 11,440 | View › |
| Indiantown | 6,624 | View › |
| North River Shores | 3,390 | View › |
| Sewall's Point | 1,922 | View › |
| Rio | 1,373 | View › |
| Jupiter Island | 866 | View › |
| Ocean Breeze | 285 | View › |
| Zana | 0 | View › |
3 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOF Prarie Fire | 2011 | NPS | 68,028 |
| 2 | CP3 RX | 2021 | NPS | 66,918 |
| 3 | Buzzard | 2018 | NPS | 62,454 |
| 4 | Tarpon (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 52,542 |
| 5 | CP-2 Exotics (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 49,703 |
| 6 | EVER CP3 Exotics Rx | 2024 | NPS | 47,986 |
| 7 | ROG-South (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 47,619 |
| 8 | ROG-South/Southern Glades | 2020 | NPS | 43,751 |
| 9 | BICY Kirby Rx FY24 | 2024 | NPS | 39,765 |
| 10 | Mustang Corner | 2008 | NPS | 39,423 |
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.