As of :	March 2010
Number of Fires and Area Burned
Year	2008		2009
Number of Fires	247		198
Area Burned (Ha)	2696.41		891.19
Average Size (Ha)	10.9		4.5
Fires by Month in 2009			General Cause of 2009 Fires
Month	# of Fires		General Cause	Number	Percentage
March	4		Forest Industries	3	1.5%
April	107		Arson	69	35%
May	50		Lightning	0	0%
June	8		Misc. Known	10	5%
July	7		Other Industry	10	5%
August	14		Railroad	0	0%
September	8		Recreation	9	4.5%
October	0		Residential	68	34%
November	0		Unknown	29	14.6%
Total	198		Total	198	100%
Fires by County in 2009				Fires by Origin in 2009
County	Total Number		Total Area	Fire Origin	Area
Annapolis	5		0.60	DND	0.02
Antigonish	1		0.10	Licensed Crown	0
Cape Breton	56		119.85	First Nations	1.8
Colchester	5		9.90	Private Land	784.66
Cumberland	5		10.97	Provincial Park	18.5
Digby	8		4.27	Unlicensed Crown	86.21
Guysborough	5		6.82	Total	891.19
Halifax	24		688.87
Hants	5		1.82
Inverness	8		2.61
Kings	18		0.77
Lunenburg	18		6.98
Pictou	13		7.57
Queens	10		17.68
Richmond	1		0.01
Shelburne	5		1.36
Victoria	3		1.23
Yarmouth	8		9.80
Total	198		891.19