In 2025, fire departments serving Cavendish responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
37 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 5 | -16.7% | |
| 2023 | 10 | +100.0% | |
| 2024 | 5 | -50.0% | |
| 2025 | 11 | +120.0% |
For the 4 building fires Cavendish departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cavendish sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,525 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 270 | 15.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 137 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 9.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 55 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 | 36.2 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Vermont cities with population within ±25% of Cavendish. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.