In 2025, fire departments serving Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region responded to 1,424 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips.
7,473 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,522 | |
| 2022 | 1,568 | |
| 2023 | 1,435 | |
| 2024 | 1,524 | |
| 2025 | 1,424 |
For the 204 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 82% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | GROTON | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | LEDYARD | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | MONTVILLE | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $650,000 | GROTON | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $600,000 | GROTON | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $287,890 | Mystic | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | LEDYARD | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $151,200 | STONINGTON | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $150,000 | LEDYARD | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | LEDYARD | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 09180.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Norwich | 40,054 | View › |
| New London | 27,596 | View › |
| Willimantic | 17,762 | View › |
| Conning Towers Nautilus Park | 8,330 | View › |
| Pawcatuck | 5,570 | View › |
| Mystic | 4,417 | View › |
| Niantic | 3,497 | View › |
| Jewett City | 3,415 | View › |
| Old Mystic | 3,385 | View › |
| Oxoboxo River | 2,429 | View › |
| Noank | 1,708 | View › |
| South Windham | 1,412 | 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.