In 2025, fire departments serving South Central Connecticut Planning Region responded to 2,887 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $650K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Apr dips.
12,648 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,464 | |
| 2022 | 2,326 | |
| 2023 | 2,002 | |
| 2024 | 2,969 | |
| 2025 | 2,887 |
For the 121 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in South Central Connecticut Planning Region during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 53% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $650,000 | NEW HAVEN | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | NEW HAVEN | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | MERIDEN | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | MILFORD | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | WEST HAVEN | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | NEW HAVEN | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | WEST HAVEN | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | NEW HAVEN | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $150,000 | NEW HAVEN | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $150,000 | NEW HAVEN | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 09170.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| New Haven | 135,736 | View › |
| Meriden | 60,556 | View › |
| West Haven | 55,336 | View › |
| Milford city | 50,664 | View › |
| Wallingford Center | 18,738 | View › |
| Branford Center | 6,201 | View › |
| Northford | 6,189 | View › |
| Quinnipiac University | 4,926 | View › |
| Guilford Center | 2,541 | View › |
| Woodmont | 1,619 | View › |
| Madison Center | 1,536 | View › |
| Montowese | 0 | 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.