In 2025, fire departments serving Greenwood responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
74 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022* | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | 37 | — | |
| 2024 | 19 | -48.6% | |
| 2025 | 11 | -42.1% |
* Well below Greenwood'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 4 building fires Greenwood departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | Equipment or service area, other | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Greenwood mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 16.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Greenwood sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,516 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 329 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 275 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 139 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 100 | 39.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64 | 12.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 21.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 51 | 7.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 43 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 7.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 24.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 | 18.2 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 Maine cities with population within ±25% of Greenwood. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Greenwood.
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.