In 2025, fire departments serving Peacham responded to 13 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 85% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
62 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $8K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | 14 | +40.0% | |
| 2025 | 13 | -7.1% |
* Well below Peacham'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 0 building fires Peacham departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 7 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 3 | Storage area, other | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 14.3% |
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 Peacham mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 14.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Peacham sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 22 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 722 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 137 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 35 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 27 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 12.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 46.7 mi |
Top 4 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 Peacham. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Peacham.
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.