In 2025, fire departments serving Coventry responded to 237 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,180 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $80K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 375 | — | |
| 2022 | 241 | -35.7% | |
| 2023* | 113 | — | |
| 2024 | 214 | — | |
| 2025 | 237 | +10.7% |
* Well below Coventry'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 20 building fires Coventry departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 77 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 9 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 5 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 18 | 23.4% |
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 Coventry mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 13.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 10 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 9 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 8 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 7.8% | |
| 8 | Match | 5 | 6.5% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 10 | 13.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Coventry sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,698 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 361 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 94 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 55 | 40.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 51 | 48.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 34.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 45.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 | 43.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 44 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 | 21.2 mi |
Top 6 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Rhode Island cities with population within ±25% of Coventry. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Coventry.
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.