Damage Report · Inland Empire, California · September 2026
San Bernardino Fire & Water Damage Report: September 2026
Inland Empire (Riverside, San Bernardino City, and San Bernardino, and the surrounding San Bernardino and Riverside county communities) logged 717 damage incidents in September 2026, roughly 24 a day, 11% of them in Riverside.
At a glance
- 717Damage incidents tracked in September 2026
- ~24/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 596Structure fires
- 36%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: September 17 (31 incidents). Counties covered: San Bernardino, Riverside.
What stood out
- Volume was up 29% from August 2026, when Inland Empire logged 554 incidents.
- San Bernardino City, San Bernardino, and Victorville City combined for 173 incidents, rivaling Riverside itself (81).
- 256 of Inland Empire's 717 incidents (36%) carried a medium or high damage estimate: roughly 9 significant restoration opportunities surfacing every day.
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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Inland Empire throughout September 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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