In 2025, fire departments serving Goffstown responded to 119 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 72% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
747 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.4M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 103 | — | |
| 2022 | 173 | +68.0% | |
| 2023 | 177 | +2.3% | |
| 2024 | 175 | -1.1% | |
| 2025 | 119 | -32.0% |
For the 11 building fires Goffstown departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 58 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 12.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 7 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 6 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 18 | 31.0% |
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 Goffstown mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 34.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 6 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 8.6% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Goffstown sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,808 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 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 256 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 25.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 186 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 | 36.3 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 Goffstown. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Goffstown.
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.