Washington

Data confidence: moderate (75/100)

Overall Fireground Index

Higher score = lower civilian fire-death rate.

Fire-death rate (5-year): 0.93; per 100,000 residents / yr
Civilian fire deaths: 369; 2020-2024 total
Population: 7,958,180; U.S. Census (2024)
Public sources: 2; 3 metrics used · 4 unavailable

Every value is drawn from an authoritative public source. The Overall score normalizes the one fire metric that is genuinely comparable across all counties — the civilian fire-death rate (Washington State Fire Marshal counts, per Census population). Where counties publish incident/response figures, we show them as sourced context; where no public source exists, we say so. Data Confidence reflects how much verifiable public evidence backs each county.

County-equivalents

39 counties

Confidence mix

0·30·9

high · moderate · limited

With incident data

counties publishing responses

County rankings

Washington counties by Overall Fireground Index

Ranked by the normalized civilian fire-death rate — the one comparable metric. Confidence flags where small counts or sparse reporting make a county's profile less certain. Select a county for its full evidence profile.

Washington counties ranked by Overall Fireground Index, with fire-death rate, five-year deaths, and data confidence.
Rank	County	Index	Fire-death rate	Deaths (5yr)	Confidence
1	Columbia County4,025 pop.	69	0.00	0	limited
2	Ferry County7,543 pop.	69	0.00	0	limited
3	Garfield County2,404 pop.	69	0.00	0	limited
4	Island County86,478 pop.	69	0.00	0	limited
5	Jefferson County33,944 pop.	69	0.00	0	limited
6	Lincoln County11,862 pop.	69	0.00	0	limited
7	Pend Oreille County14,332 pop.	69	0.00	0	limited
8	Wahkiakum County4,800 pop.	69	0.00	0	limited
9	Whitman County48,399 pop.	69	0.00	0	limited
10	Franklin County101,238 pop.	65	0.20	1	moderate
11	Douglas County45,795 pop.	61	0.44	1	moderate
12	Kittitas County48,172 pop.	61	0.42	1	moderate
13	King County2,340,211 pop.	58	0.62	72	moderate
14	Kitsap County281,420 pop.	58	0.64	9	moderate
15	Walla Walla County62,068 pop.	58	0.64	2	moderate
16	Lewis County87,049 pop.	57	0.69	3	moderate
17	Snohomish County864,113 pop.	56	0.76	33	moderate
18	Pierce County941,170 pop.	55	0.83	39	moderate
19	Asotin County22,523 pop.	54	0.89	1	moderate
20	Clark County527,269 pop.	54	0.87	23	moderate
21	Adams County21,039 pop.	53	0.95	1	moderate
22	Chelan County81,228 pop.	52	0.98	4	moderate
23	San Juan County18,668 pop.	51	1.07	1	moderate
24	Thurston County302,912 pop.	49	1.19	18	moderate
25	Cowlitz County113,982 pop.	48	1.23	7	moderate

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