In 2025, fire departments serving Morrisville responded to 61 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 94% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
303 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | 61 | +35.6% | |
| 2023 | 60 | -1.6% | |
| 2024 | 76 | +26.7% | |
| 2025 | 61 | -19.7% |
For the 0 building fires Morrisville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Morrisville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 711 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 80 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 | 20.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 | 44.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 | 47.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 35 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 27 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 21 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 11.9 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 Vermont cities with population within ±25% of Morrisville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.