In 2025, fire departments serving Lincolnville responded to 21 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 71% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
164 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $5K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 44 | — | |
| 2023 | 35 | -20.5% | |
| 2024 | 57 | +62.9% | |
| 2025 | 21 | -63.2% |
* Well below Lincolnville'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 2 building fires Lincolnville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 33 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 | Outside area, other | 6 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Structural area, other | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 18.2% |
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 Lincolnville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 6.1% | |
| 10 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lincolnville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 745 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 77 | 5.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 57 | 28.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 48 | 10.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 | 12.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 32 | 40.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 23.7 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 | 04849 | 164 |
Six Maine cities with population within ±25% of Lincolnville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lincolnville.
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.