In 2025, fire departments serving Enfield responded to 67 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
304 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $60K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | 71 | — | |
| 2023 | 60 | -15.5% | |
| 2024 | 82 | +36.7% | |
| 2025 | 67 | -18.3% |
* Well below Enfield'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 5 building fires Enfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 38 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 | 9 | 23.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 7 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 10.5% |
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 Enfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 36.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 7 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Match | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 2.6% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Enfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,703 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 275 | 45.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 270 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 137 | 17.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 | 27.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 | 38.0 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New Hampshire cities with population within ±25% of Enfield. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Enfield.
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.