In 2025, fire departments serving Prince William County responded to 2,660 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.3M property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Aug dips.
11,977 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,852 | |
| 2022 | 2,255 | |
| 2023 | 2,592 | |
| 2024 | 2,618 | |
| 2025 | 2,660 |
For the 170 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Prince William County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 48% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,260,900 | NOKESVILLE | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | WOODBRIDGE | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | MANASSAS | Fire, other | Major |
| 4 | $400,000 | DUMFRIES | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | TRIANGLE | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | WOODBRIDGE | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | GAINESVILLE | Fire, other | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | MANASSAS | Outside storage fire | Major |
| 9 | $250,000 | MANASSAS | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $228,900 | MANASSAS | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 51153.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Dale City | 73,928 | View › |
| Lake Ridge | 44,720 | View › |
| Linton Hall | 42,702 | View › |
| Woodbridge | 42,619 | View › |
| Cherry Hill | 22,505 | View › |
| Montclair | 22,083 | View › |
| Buckhall | 20,095 | View › |
| Sudley | 19,289 | View › |
| Gainesville | 16,972 | View › |
| Bull Run | 16,620 | View › |
| Triangle | 10,886 | View › |
| Yorkshire | 10,563 | View › |
11 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 | PINNACLES | 2000 | NPS | 18,055 |
| 2 | Mount Pleasant | 2016 | USFS | 11,210 |
| 3 | Waterfall Mountain | 2024 | USFS | 6,398 |
| 4 | Waites Run | 2024 | USFS | 6,223 |
| 5 | OLD RAG | 2000 | NPS | 6,127 |
| 6 | BIG RUN | 1986 | NPS | 4,696 |
| 7 | FULTZ RUN | 2002 | NPS | 4,194 |
| 8 | Shop Run | 1999 | NPS | 3,229 |
| 9 | Raven Rock | 2016 | USFS | 2,401 |
| 10 | Tye River | 2018 | USFS | 2,057 |
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.