In 2025, fire departments serving Orange County responded to 5,549 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 48% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
29,160 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,190 | |
| 2022 | 5,737 | |
| 2023 | 5,411 | |
| 2024 | 7,273 | |
| 2025 | 5,549 |
For the 605 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Orange County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 33% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | UNINCORPORATED | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $1,452,451 | UNINCORPORATED | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $1,120,650 | ORLANDO | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $800,000 | APOPKA | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $750,000 | Orlando | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $750,000 | APOPKA | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $650,000 | UNINCORPORATED | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $648,648 | Apopka | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $527,309 | UNINCORPORATED | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $500,000 | UNINCORPORATED | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 12095.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 307,738 | View › |
| Alafaya | 91,531 | View › |
| Pine Hills | 83,221 | View › |
| Horizon West | 58,595 | View › |
| Apopka | 55,056 | View › |
| Ocoee | 47,290 | View › |
| Winter Garden | 46,518 | View › |
| Meadow Woods | 42,207 | View › |
| Winter Park | 29,985 | View › |
| Oak Ridge | 24,476 | View › |
| Hunters Creek | 19,895 | View › |
| Maitland | 19,266 | View › |
10 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.