Ranking

States Ranked by Fire Incidents

All U.S. states ranked by annual fire incidents. Includes fire deaths, injuries, and estimated property loss reported through the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

# State Annual Fires
1 Hawaii 5,800
2 District of Columbia 5,200
3 Massachusetts 38,700
4 New Hampshire 10,100
5 New York 113,000
6 New Jersey 51,500
7 Utah 16,800
8 Rhode Island 8,700
9 Texas 162,000
10 Minnesota 28,000
11 California 168,000
12 Washington 38,900
13 Pennsylvania 73,800
14 Wisconsin 30,100
15 Connecticut 21,500
16 Colorado 29,000
17 Florida 106,000
18 Oregon 20,400
19 Illinois 72,000
20 Virginia 43,900
21 Maryland 32,800
22 Delaware 7,500
23 Michigan 54,500
24 Ohio 68,900
25 Georgia 56,000
26 Iowa 22,700
27 Idaho 10,500
28 North Carolina 62,800
29 Arizona 36,800
30 Nevada 18,600
31 Nebraska 13,600
32 Indiana 43,600
33 South Carolina 32,100
34 Maine 9,800
35 New Mexico 12,100
36 Kansas 20,500
37 Missouri 43,100
38 Tennessee 47,400
39 North Dakota 6,600
40 Alabama 28,900
41 Vermont 5,500
42 Oklahoma 29,600
43 Wyoming 5,500
44 Montana 8,500
45 South Dakota 7,400
46 Louisiana 30,300
47 Kentucky 31,100
48 Mississippi 18,900
49 Arkansas 20,100
50 Alaska 4,100
51 West Virginia 15,700

Note: Annual fire counts reflect incidents reported through NFIRS. Not all states have 100% NFIRS participation, so totals may undercount actual fire activity. Property loss is estimated at time of report.

Source: FEMA National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) FEMA National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Data covers structural and non-structural fires reported by participating fire departments