In 2025, fire departments serving East Kingston responded to 14 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 93% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
108 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $9K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | — | |
| 2022 | 38 | +100.0% | |
| 2023 | 24 | -36.8% | |
| 2024 | 13 | -45.8% | |
| 2025 | 14 | +7.7% |
For the 0 building fires East Kingston departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 20 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 | Outside area, other | 5 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 5.0% |
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 East Kingston mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 5.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. East Kingston sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,089 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 314 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 256 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 186 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 | 43.9 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03827 | 105 |
Six New Hampshire cities with population within ±25% of East Kingston. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in East Kingston.
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.