In 2025, fire departments serving Western Connecticut Planning Region responded to 3,597 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips.
13,655 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,041 | |
| 2022 | 3,210 | |
| 2023 | 1,957 | |
| 2024 | 2,850 | |
| 2025 | 3,597 |
For the 170 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Western Connecticut Planning Region during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 76% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | STAMFORD | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $1,500,000 | STAMFORD | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | STAMFORD | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $800,000 | SHERMAN | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $448,000 | BROOKFIELD | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $400,000 | SHERMAN | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $341,500 | BROOKFIELD | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | NEWTOWN | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $250,000 | STAMFORD | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $200,000 | DANBURY | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 09190.
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.