Damage Report · Greater Orlando, Florida · August 2026

Orlando Fire Damage Report: August 2026

Greater Orlando (Unincorporated, Orlando, and Altamonte Springs, and the surrounding Orange and Seminole county communities) logged 294 damage incidents in August 2026, roughly 9 a day, with August 28 the busiest day at 20.

At a glance

  • 294Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
  • ~9/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 154Structure fires
  • 20Incidents on August 28, the month's peak day

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 154154Residential firesResidential fires: 132132Commercial firesCommercial fires: 88
Verified incidents by type, Greater Orlando, August 2026.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 46 incidents (16%)16%Medium damage: 177 incidents (60%)60%High damage: 71 incidents (24%)24%
Low · 46 incidentsMedium · 177 incidentsHigh · 71 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Greater Orlando, August 2026.

Busiest cities

UnincorporatedUnincorporated: 116116OrlandoOrlando: 7272Altamonte SpringsAltamonte Springs: 1717SanfordSanford: 1616Winter ParkWinter Park: 1212LongwoodLongwood: 1010
Incidents by city, top 6, August 2026.

Peak day: August 28 (20 incidents). Counties covered: Orange, Seminole.

What stood out

  • August 28 was the busiest day of the month for Greater Orlando: 20 incidents, more than double the daily average of 9.
  • Unincorporated led the territory with 116 incidents (39% of the month), followed by Orlando (72) and Altamonte Springs (17).
  • 248 of Greater Orlando's 294 incidents (84%) carried a medium or high damage estimate: roughly 8 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 Greater Orlando 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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