In 2025, fire departments serving Corinth responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
84 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | 22 | +15.8% | |
| 2025 | 34 | +54.5% |
* Well below Corinth's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 4 building fires Corinth departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Assembly area - less than 100 persons | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 8.3% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Corinth mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Candle | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 8.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Corinth sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 23 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 758 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 137 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 6.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 | 27.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 | 9.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 35 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 22 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 39.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 31.3 mi |
Top 3 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 Corinth. 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.