In 2025, fire departments serving Woodstock responded to 56 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $25K building blaze. 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 70% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
185 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $25K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | 41 | — | |
| 2023* | 20 | — | |
| 2024 | 48 | — | |
| 2025 | 56 | +16.7% |
* Well below Woodstock'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 5 building fires Woodstock departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 15 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 | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 5 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 6.7% |
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 Woodstock mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 53.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 6.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodstock departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodstock sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,615 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 | 24.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 275 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 139 | 27.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 137 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 3.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 | 14.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 31.3 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 New Hampshire cities with population within ±25% of Woodstock. 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.