In 2025, fire departments serving New Ipswich responded to 73 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
303 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $125K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | — | |
| 2022 | 57 | -8.1% | |
| 2023 | 39 | -31.6% | |
| 2024 | 72 | +84.6% | |
| 2025 | 73 | +1.4% |
For the 15 building fires New Ipswich departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 22 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 | 7 | 31.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 4.5% |
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 New Ipswich mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 59.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 4.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. New Ipswich sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,201 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 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 256 | 21.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 23.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 186 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 | 21.0 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 | 03071 | 303 |
Six New Hampshire cities with population within ±25% of New Ipswich. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in New Ipswich.
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.