In 2025, fire departments serving Pima County responded to 5,939 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $750K 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.
Jan peaks. Sep dips.
30,207 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,479 | |
| 2022 | 5,532 | |
| 2023 | 7,150 | |
| 2024 | 6,107 | |
| 2025 | 5,939 |
For the 268 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Pima County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 45% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Marana | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major |
| 2 | $643,512 | Pima County | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $372,495 | Pima County | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $275,000 | Tucson | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $260,000 | Tucson | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Tucson | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Tucson | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $179,828 | Tucson | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $170,000 | Arivaca | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $152,240 | Tucson | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 04019.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson | 541,033 | View › |
| Casas Adobes | 69,917 | View › |
| Marana | 52,542 | View › |
| Catalina Foothills | 50,573 | View › |
| Oro Valley | 47,053 | View › |
| Sahuarita | 34,238 | View › |
| Drexel Heights | 30,254 | View › |
| Green Valley | 20,937 | View › |
| Flowing Wells | 17,188 | View › |
| Vail | 15,248 | View › |
| Tanque Verde | 14,815 | View › |
| Valencia West | 13,692 | View › |
2 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 | Rodeo-Chediski | 2002 | USFS | 460,563 |
| 2 | Horseshoe 2 | 2011 | NPS | 222,989 |
| 3 | Bush | 2020 | USFS | 193,603 |
| 4 | Telegraph | 2021 | USFS | 180,756 |
| 5 | Woodbury Fire | 2019 | NPS | 123,973 |
| 6 | Woodbury | 2019 | USFS | 123,832 |
| 7 | BIGHORN | 2020 | USFS | 119,634 |
| 8 | Rafael | 2021 | USFS | 78,064 |
| 9 | MESCAL | 2021 | BLM | 72,250 |
| 10 | MANGUM | 2020 | USFS | 71,484 |
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.