In 2025, fire departments serving Greenville responded to 31 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
118 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $691K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 25 | — | |
| 2023 | 15 | -40.0% | |
| 2024 | 35 | +133.3% | |
| 2025 | 31 | -11.4% |
* Well below Greenville'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 1 building fires Greenville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 15 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 | Undetermined | 4 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 6.7% |
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 Greenville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 53.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 26.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Match | 1 | 6.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Greenville departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Greenville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,323 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 | 19.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 | 19.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 19.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 256 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 19.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 186 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 | 19.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 | 49.4 mi |
Top 2 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 Greenville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Greenville.
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.