In 2025, fire departments serving Washington County responded to 293 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips.
2,011 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 303 | |
| 2022 | 463 | |
| 2023 | 574 | |
| 2024 | 378 | |
| 2025 | 293 |
For the 51 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Washington County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 98% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Berlin | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Middlesex | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | DUXBURY | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Calais | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Calais | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | WATERBURY | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | northfield | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | DUXBURY | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $10,000 | Montpelier | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $5,000 | Montpelier | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 50023.
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.