In 2025, fire departments serving Fair Haven responded to 23 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 91% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
97 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | 12 | -55.6% | |
| 2023 | 20 | +66.7% | |
| 2024 | 15 | -25.0% | |
| 2025 | 23 | +53.3% |
For the 7 building fires Fair Haven departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fair Haven sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,281 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 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 190 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 173 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 137 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 121 | 25.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 117 | 29.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 95 | 37.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 92 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83 | 22.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 82 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 | 39.4 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 Fair Haven. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Fair Haven.
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.