Fire department incidents
Public, not open-licensedArea: City of Victoria Calendar year 2025 · Where this covers
11,767 incidents a year
For context
62% were medical aid calls; 338 were fires
Source: City of Victoria, 2025 · Full source
What it measures
The number of incidents the Victoria Fire Department responded to in the year, and the share that were medical calls.
Why it matters
It shows the demand on the fire department, most of which is medical aid rather than fires.
Over time
Reading this page
Shown for context, without a “better” or “worse” label: incident counts reflect need as well as service. The City reports 11,767 incidents in 2025, 62% of them calls for medical aid, and 338 fires of all kinds. The rules.
Source
- Published by
- City of Victoria, Annual Report
- Period
- Calendar year 2025
- Licence
- Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution. Agency’s terms of use
- Updated by agency
- Annually (audited report published mid-year); latest release Jul 1, 2025
- Retrieved
- Nov 11, 2026, 1:25 AM B.C. time
Source: City of Victoria, Annual Report. Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.
Text checked in the agency’s document
The script reads the agency’s own document each time and refuses to show a number unless this text is found.
Responded to 11,767 incidents, with 62 per cent of
of 338 calls spanning outdoor
Show the numbers as a table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,767 |
Keep in mind
- One year only: the Annual Report gives the figure as text, and earlier years are not published in the same form, so no trend is shown.
- Response times are not published as data (see “Not measured yet”).
Where this covers
Area: City of Victoria
The City of Victoria municipality only, all neighbourhoods.
Included
- All City of Victoria neighbourhoods, including Downtown, James Bay, Fairfield, Fernwood, Oaklands, Hillside/Quadra, North Park, Burnside, Victoria West, Rockland, Jubilee and Gonzales
Not included
- Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Langford and every other municipality in the region
Official definition
How the agency describes it: City of Victoria (municipality).
Connected to: Municipal (Victoria Fire Department). This is a label, not a judgement.