Damage Report · Puget Sound Area, Washington · August 2026
Puget Sound Fire & Water Damage Report: August 2026
Puget Sound Area (Seattle, Kent, and Renton, and the surrounding King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap, and Thurston county communities) logged 1,683 damage incidents in August 2026, roughly 54 a day, 27% of them in Seattle.
At a glance
- 1,683Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
- ~54/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 1,409Structure fires
- 19%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: August 13 (71 incidents). Counties covered: King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap, Thurston.
What stood out
- Seattle led the territory with 459 incidents (27% of the month), followed by Kent (124) and Renton (124).
- 318 of Puget Sound Area's 1,683 incidents (19%) carried a medium or high damage estimate: roughly 10 significant restoration opportunities surfacing every day.
- 29 flood and water damage incidents came in on top of Puget Sound Area's 1,409 structure fires.
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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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