In 2025, fire departments serving Woodstock responded to 39 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
140 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022* | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | 34 | — | |
| 2024 | 45 | +32.4% | |
| 2025 | 39 | -13.3% |
* 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 2 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 17 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 | 4 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 4 | Other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 5.9% |
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 | 4 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 1 | 5.9% |
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. 1,481 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 270 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 137 | 11.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 10.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 | 42.4 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 Woodstock. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Woodstock.
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.