Damage Report · Puget Sound Area, Washington · August 2026
Puget Sound Fire & Water Damage Report: August 2026
August in the Puget Sound Area saw 1,900 damage incidents across King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap and Thurston counties. Crews averaged 61 incidents per day and hit a monthly peak of 94 incidents on August 8, with structure fires dominating the totals.
At a glance
- 1,900Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
- ~61/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 1,534Structure fires
- 22%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: August 8 (94 incidents). Counties covered: King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap, Thurston.
What stood out
- Seattle recorded 517 incidents in August, accounting for more than a quarter of the 1,900 incidents across the Puget Sound Area and prompting focused follow ups in the city.
- Renton had 147 incidents and, with Kent and Auburn, contributed to a combined 412 incidents across the three cities during August, concentrating workload south of Seattle.
- Structure fires totaled 1,534 incidents across the Puget Sound Area, making up 81% of the month’s 1,900 incidents while 424 had medium or high damage estimates.
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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Puget Sound Area throughout August 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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