In 2025, fire departments serving North Slope Borough responded to 82 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $594K property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Feb dips.
270 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | |
| 2022 | 38 | |
| 2023 | 47 | |
| 2024 | 53 | |
| 2025 | 82 |
For the 7 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in North Slope Borough during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 98% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $593,800 | Prudhoe Bay | Outside equipment fire | Major |
| 2 | $83,000 | Kuparuk Oil Field | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 3 | $80,000 | Deadhorse | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 4 | $51,500 | City of Barrow | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant |
| 5 | $40,000 | Deadhorse | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Prudhoe Bay | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Prudhoe Bay | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | City of Barrow | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $10,000 | Prudhoe Bay | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $8,000 | City of Barrow | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 02185.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Utqiagvik | 4,876 | View › |
| Prudhoe Bay | 1,986 | View › |
| Point Hope | 649 | View › |
| Wainwright | 621 | View › |
| Nuiqsut | 564 | View › |
| Anaktuvuk Pass | 222 | View › |
| Kaktovik | 201 | View › |
| Point Lay | 172 | View › |
| Atqasuk | 119 | View › |
| Sagwon | 0 | View › |
| Kokruagarok | 0 | View › |
| Chariot | 0 | View › |
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 832015 | 1988 | AFS | 558,928 |
| 2 | Minto Flats South | 2009 | DVF | 534,911 |
| 3 | FYU NE 85 | 1990 | BLM | 433,768 |
| 4 | BEAR CREEK | 1977 | AFS | 374,389 |
| 5 | Simels | 1997 | BLM | 347,860 |
| 6 | Big Creek Two | 2015 | BLM | 312,918 |
| 7 | BTTS S 40 | 1990 | BLM | 289,913 |
| 8 | 032018 | 1990 | BLM | 287,704 |
| 9 | 832064 | 1988 | AFS | 284,466 |
| 10 | Sushgitit Hills | 2015 | BLM | 276,038 |
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.