In 2025, fire departments serving Orange County responded to 493 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $600K property loss.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Feb dips.
2,168 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 472 | |
| 2022 | 488 | |
| 2023 | 362 | |
| 2024 | 353 | |
| 2025 | 493 |
For the 76 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Orange County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 94% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Barre Town | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Orange | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Randolph Center | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | WASHINGTON | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Major |
| 5 | $210,000 | Randolph Center | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | WilliamstownTown o | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $130,000 | Randolph | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Newbury | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $50,000 | BRADFORD | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $50,000 | WilliamstownTown o | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 50017.
1 departments report from this county.
Top 1 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Side | 2021 | USFS | 0 |
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.