In 2025, fire departments serving Montgomery County responded to 4,932 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $5.0M property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
33,886 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6,705 | |
| 2022 | 7,758 | |
| 2023 | 7,660 | |
| 2024 | 6,831 | |
| 2025 | 4,932 |
For the 1,015 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Montgomery County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 70% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000,000 | ABINGTON | Building fires | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,200,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $1,172,370 | TRAPPE BOROUGH | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | King of Prussia | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | King of Prussia | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $700,000 | King Of Prussia | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $400,000 | King Of Prussia | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $350,000 | Elkins Park | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $300,000 | Harleysville | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $300,000 | LOWER SALFORD | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 42091.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Merion | 63,567 | View › |
| Abington | 58,310 | View › |
| Cheltenham | 37,809 | View › |
| Norristown | 35,712 | View › |
| Upper Merion | 33,664 | View › |
| Upper Dublin | 26,736 | View › |
| Horsham | 26,551 | View › |
| Upper Moreland | 25,991 | View › |
| Montgomery | 25,861 | View › |
| Lower Providence | 25,711 | View › |
| King of Prussia | 24,423 | View › |
| Upper Providence | 24,107 | View › |
54 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 | Hopewell | 2012 | NPS | 812 |
| 2 | Blue Mountain | 2024 | NPS | 577 |
| 3 | River Road | 2023 | USFS | 430 |
| 4 | SNYDER | 1999 | NPS | 374 |
| 5 | Town Line Church | 1984 | USFS | 207 |
| 6 | Little Round Top Munshower | 2021 | NPS | 79 |
| 7 | Sugar Bay | 2023 | USFS | 62 |
| 8 | Spring | 2003 | USFS | 53 |
| 9 | Salmon Creek | 2010 | USFS | 48 |
| 10 | BELLTOWN | 2011 | USFS | 42 |
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.