In 2025, fire departments serving Shelburne responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
60 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | 12 | -20.0% | |
| 2023 | 17 | +41.7% | |
| 2024* | 5 | — | |
| 2025 | 11 | — |
* Well below Shelburne'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 Shelburne departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 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 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
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 Shelburne mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 50.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Shelburne sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,503 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 329 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 275 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 139 | 22.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 100 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 42.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64 | 21.8 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 51 | 14.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 13.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 | 38.8 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 New Hampshire cities with population within ±25% of Shelburne. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Shelburne.
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.