In 2025, fire departments serving Greater Bridgeport Planning Region responded to 1,734 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $525K property loss.
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 48% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Dec dips.
11,121 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,485 | |
| 2022 | 2,422 | |
| 2023 | 2,248 | |
| 2024 | 2,232 | |
| 2025 | 1,734 |
For the 102 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 62% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $525,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $165,000 | MONROE | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $100,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | STRATFORD | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 09120.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | 148,470 | View › |
| Trumbull Center | 10,335 | View › |
| Long Hill | 8,279 | View › |
| Daniels Farm | 6,067 | View › |
| East Village | 4,189 | View › |
| Oronoque | 4,065 | View › |
| Lordship | 3,850 | View › |
| Stepney | 3,674 | View › |
| Tashua | 3,404 | View › |
| Fairfield University | 3,169 | View › |
| Stratford Downtown | 1,949 | View › |
| Mill Plain | 1,841 | View › |
Top 1 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falkner Island-Southern Management Unit | 2019 | FWS | 1 |
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.