In 2025, fire departments serving Seminole County responded to 1,654 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $900K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 42% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips.
9,250 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,470 | |
| 2022 | 2,194 | |
| 2023 | 2,036 | |
| 2024 | 1,896 | |
| 2025 | 1,654 |
For the 86 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Seminole County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 48% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $900,000 | City of Oviedo | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $750,000 | City of Sanford | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Winter Springs | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $600,000 | City of Longwood | Outside equipment fire | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | City of Sanford | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Winter Springs | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $350,000 | Winter Springs | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $311,250 | City of Longwood | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $300,000 | City of Lake Mary | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $273,600 | City of Oviedo | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 12117.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Sanford | 61,272 | View › |
| Altamonte Springs | 45,772 | View › |
| Oviedo | 39,552 | View › |
| Winter Springs | 38,205 | View › |
| Casselberry | 29,092 | View › |
| Wekiwa Springs | 24,270 | View › |
| Lake Mary | 16,636 | View › |
| Longwood | 15,628 | View › |
| Forest City | 14,851 | View › |
| Goldenrod | 12,496 | View › |
| Fern Park | 8,207 | View › |
| Heathrow | 7,084 | View › |
7 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.