In 2025, fire departments serving Philadelphia County responded to 10,696 fire and hazmat incidents.
Outside rubbish fire, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Sep dips.
59,666 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12,529 | |
| 2022 | 12,920 | |
| 2023 | 11,698 | |
| 2024 | 11,823 | |
| 2025 | 10,696 |
For the 820 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
8 cities mapped to FIPS 42101.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 1,593,208 | View › |
| Holme Circle | 0 | View › |
| Roseglen | 0 | View › |
| West Torresdale | 0 | View › |
| Wynnefield | 0 | View › |
| Pencoyd | 0 | View › |
| Longmead Farms | 0 | View › |
| Lawndale | 0 | View › |
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.