In 2025, fire departments serving Northwest Hills Planning Region responded to 224 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
May peaks. Dec dips.
944 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 198 | |
| 2022 | 171 | |
| 2023 | 150 | |
| 2024 | 201 | |
| 2025 | 224 |
For the 25 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Northwest Hills Planning Region during 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | HARWINTON | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Harwinton | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $15,000 | NEW HARTFORD | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | HARWINTON | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $4,000 | NEW HARTFORD | Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined | Significant |
| 6 | $2,000 | HARWINTON | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $1,000 | NEW HARTFORD | Heat from short circuit (wiring), defective/worn | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 09160.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Torrington | 35,510 | View › |
| Winsted | 6,880 | View › |
| Northwest Harwinton | 3,202 | View › |
| New Hartford Center | 1,364 | View › |
| Canaan | 1,353 | View › |
| New Preston | 1,026 | View › |
| Lakeville | 886 | View › |
| Bantam | 697 | View › |
| Falls Village | 473 | View › |
| Riverton | 332 | View › |
| Pleasant Valley | 307 | View › |
| Cornwall Bridge | 229 | 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.