In 2025, fire departments serving Windham County responded to 339 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $300K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 54% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips.
2,249 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 482 | |
| 2022 | 599 | |
| 2023 | 490 | |
| 2024 | 339 | |
| 2025 | 339 |
For the 73 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Windham County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 94% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | BRATTLEBORO | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major |
| 2 | $108,100 | BRATTLEBORO | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | BRATTLEBORO | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | ATHENS | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | BRATTLEBORO | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | WHITINGHAM | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | MARLBORO | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | BELLOWS FALLS | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $10,000 | BELLOWS FALLS | Rail vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $10,000 | BELLOWS FALLS | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 50025.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Brattleboro | 12,162 | View › |
| Rockingham | 4,867 | View › |
| Westminster | 3,013 | View › |
| Bellows Falls | 2,824 | View › |
| West Brattleboro | 2,817 | View › |
| Putney | 2,630 | View › |
| Vernon | 2,548 | View › |
| Guilford | 2,313 | View › |
| Dummerston | 2,213 | View › |
| Londonderry | 1,937 | View › |
| Wilmington | 1,767 | View › |
| Newfane | 1,663 | View › |
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.