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Damage Report · Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas · October 2026

Dallas Fire & Water Damage Report: October 2026

Dallas Fort Worth (Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Ellis counties) logged 808 damage incidents in October 2026 across 31 days, averaging 26 per day. The busiest day was October 2 with 40 incidents. Structure fires totaled 416, including 331 residential and 49 commercial.

At a glance

  • 808Damage incidents tracked in October 2026
  • ~26/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 416Structure fires
  • 58%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 416416Residential firesResidential fires: 331331Commercial firesCommercial fires: 4949Flood & water damageFlood & water damage: 1212
Verified incidents by type, Dallas-Fort Worth, October 2026.

Incidents by property type

Single-family homesSingle-family homes: 328328MultifamilyMultifamily: 7777Apartments (5+ units)Apartments (5+ units): 7575Other commercialOther commercial: 6060RetailRetail: 5858InstitutionalInstitutional: 4141OfficesOffices: 1515WarehousesWarehouses: 1515Mobile homesMobile homes: 1212IndustrialIndustrial: 99OtherOther: 118118
Incidents by property type, Dallas-Fort Worth, October 2026. Property types come from assessor and building-footprint records, known for 91% of incidents. Multifamily covers 2 to 4 unit buildings plus multifamily buildings whose unit count is not on record; Other includes properties not yet classified.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 335 incidents (42%)42%Medium damage: 318 incidents (39%)39%High damage: 154 incidents (19%)19%
Low · 335 incidentsMedium · 318 incidentsHigh · 154 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Dallas-Fort Worth, October 2026.

Busiest cities

DallasDallas: 205205Fort WorthFort Worth: 8686ArlingtonArlington: 6464PlanoPlano: 3535AllenAllen: 3030LewisvilleLewisville: 2121
Incidents by city, top 6, October 2026.

Peak day: October 2 (40 incidents). Counties covered: Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Ellis.

What stood out

  • October 2 produced 40 incidents across the Dallas Fort Worth area, the month’s busiest day and 1.5 times the daily average of 26.
  • Dallas led the month with 205 incidents, representing 25% of the area total and concentrating calls for central city crews.
  • Across the area 472 incidents carried medium or high damage estimates, while Fort Worth, Arlington, and Plano combined for 185 incidents.

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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Dallas-Fort Worth throughout October 2026, aggregated from FirstLeads' real-time incident monitoring network and frozen as a monthly snapshot at publish time. Damage severity is estimated from emergency response signals at the time of the incident.

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