In 2025, fire departments serving Strafford County responded to 497 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Nov dips.
4,270 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 607 | |
| 2022 | 873 | |
| 2023 | 1,133 | |
| 2024 | 1,160 | |
| 2025 | 497 |
For the 64 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Strafford County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 93% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Dover | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Dover | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $187,000 | Milton | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Dover | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Milton | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $70,000 | Dover | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Dover | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Dover | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $30,000 | Dover | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | Significant |
| 10 | $30,000 | Dover | Hazardous condition, other | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 33017.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Dover | 32,849 | View › |
| Rochester | 32,573 | View › |
| Durham | 15,073 | View › |
| Somersworth | 11,994 | View › |
| Barrington | 9,339 | View › |
| Farmington | 6,762 | View › |
| Lee | 4,547 | View › |
| Milton | 4,509 | View › |
| Strafford | 4,261 | View › |
| New Durham | 2,711 | View › |
| Rollinsford | 2,597 | View › |
| Madbury | 2,213 | View › |
10 departments report from this county.
Top 5 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covered Bridge | 2016 | USFS | 329 |
| 2 | Moat K and L RX | 2023 | USFS | 76 |
| 3 | Dilly | 2017 | USFS | 72 |
| 4 | Moat Unit J RX | 2023 | USFS | 22 |
| 5 | Crooked River Causeway | 2019 | USFS | 11 |
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.