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

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