In 2025, fire departments serving Kingfield responded to 23 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 74% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
84 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $15K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 40 | — | |
| 2024 | 19 | -52.5% | |
| 2025 | 23 | +21.1% |
* Well below Kingfield'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 7 building fires Kingfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 8 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 9 | Separate operator/control area of transportation | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Kingfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 10.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Kingfield sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 796 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 198 | 37.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 43 | 5.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 38.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 46.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 40.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 | 18.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 10.8 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 04947 | 84 |
Six Maine cities with population within ±25% of Kingfield. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Kingfield.
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.