In 2025, fire departments serving Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region responded to 617 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips.
3,001 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 587 | |
| 2022 | 622 | |
| 2023 | 505 | |
| 2024 | 670 | |
| 2025 | 617 |
For the 97 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 97% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Plainfield | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Brooklyn | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Plainfield | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $20,000 | Brooklyn | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $20,000 | Plainfield | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $15,000 | South Woodstock | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $10,000 | Brooklyn | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $10,000 | Plainfield | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $10,000 | Plainfield | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $7,000 | Brooklyn | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 09150.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Danielson | 4,162 | View › |
| Moosup | 3,175 | View › |
| Plainfield Village | 2,681 | View › |
| East Brooklyn | 2,051 | View › |
| South Woodstock | 1,418 | View › |
| Wauregan | 1,396 | View › |
| North Grosvenor Dale | 1,281 | View › |
| Quinebaug | 946 | View › |
| Mechanicsville | 542 | View › |
| Lake Bungee | 515 | View › |
| Witches Woods | 397 | View › |
| Lake Chaffee | 301 | 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.