In 2025, fire departments serving Wayne County responded to 10,261 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $10.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips.
64,253 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10,560 | |
| 2022 | 14,229 | |
| 2023 | 17,076 | |
| 2024 | 12,127 | |
| 2025 | 10,261 |
For the 1,789 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Wayne County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 28% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 | SOUTHGATE | Building fires | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $5,000,000 | SOUTHGATE | Building fires | Catastrophic |
| 3 | $2,000,000 | Detroit | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Detroit | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | Detroit | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $1,000,000 | Detroit | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $1,000,000 | Westland | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $817,453 | Ecorse | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $700,000 | Northville | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $600,000 | Detroit | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 26163.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 636,787 | View › |
| Dearborn | 108,414 | View › |
| Livonia | 94,928 | View › |
| Westland | 84,806 | View › |
| Taylor | 62,937 | View › |
| Dearborn Heights | 62,474 | View › |
| Lincoln Park | 39,807 | View › |
| Southgate | 29,948 | View › |
| Allen Park | 28,395 | View › |
| Hamtramck | 27,842 | View › |
| Garden City | 27,203 | View › |
| Inkster | 25,839 | View › |
33 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 | Brittle | 2021 | USFS | 5,666 |
| 2 | 21-SLBE Lasso Loop burn | 2021 | NPS | 577 |
| 3 | 21-SLBE Peterson | 2021 | NPS | 512 |
| 4 | 21-SLBE Otter Creek burn | 2021 | NPS | 506 |
| 5 | Horn | 2021 | NPS | 485 |
| 6 | Unhappy Camper | 2015 | USFS | 471 |
| 7 | 21-SLBE Bass Lake burn | 2021 | NPS | 405 |
| 8 | Good Harbor Trail RX | 2023 | NPS | 342 |
| 9 | Summit Lake | 2024 | USFS | 327 |
| 10 | MISNR-FY19-RX-Red Pine Natural Area | 2019 | FWS | 172 |
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.