In 2025, fire departments serving Spokane County responded to 3,295 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $3.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips.
20,570 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,984 | |
| 2022 | 4,508 | |
| 2023 | 4,857 | |
| 2024 | 2,926 | |
| 2025 | 3,295 |
For the 254 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Spokane County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 49% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000,000 | Spokane Valley | Rail vehicle fire | Major |
| 2 | $800,000 | Spokane Valley | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $650,000 | Spokane | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $622,500 | AIRWAY HEIGHTS | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Spokane | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Spokane | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Spokane | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | Major |
| 8 | $500,000 | Cheney | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $500,000 | Spokane | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $500,000 | Spokane | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 53063.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Spokane | 227,922 | View › |
| Spokane Valley | 103,761 | View › |
| Cheney | 12,848 | View › |
| Liberty Lake | 12,026 | View › |
| Airway Heights | 10,570 | View › |
| Mead | 7,172 | View › |
| Country Homes | 6,248 | View › |
| Otis Orchards-East Farms | 5,699 | View › |
| Town and Country | 5,243 | View › |
| Medical Lake | 4,909 | View › |
| Deer Park | 4,482 | View › |
| Fairchild AFB | 3,184 | View › |
1 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 | Carlton | 2014 | BLM | 230,101 |
| 2 | Cold Springs | 2020 | BIA | 189,911 |
| 3 | Range 12 | 2016 | DOD | 176,834 |
| 4 | Range 12 | 2016 | BLM | 175,245 |
| 5 | Tunk Block | 2015 | BLM | 165,004 |
| 6 | North Star | 2015 | USFS | 165,003 |
| 7 | Diamond Creek | 2017 | USFS | 126,836 |
| 8 | Lime Belt | 2015 | BLM | 120,526 |
| 9 | SCHNEIDER SPRINGS | 2021 | USFS | 107,352 |
| 10 | Colockum Tarps | 2013 | BLM | 81,513 |
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.