As of :	February 2011
Number of Fires and Area Burned
Year	2009		2010
Number of Fires	198		313
Area Burned (Ha)	891.19		550.88
Average Size (Ha)	4.5		1.76
Fires by Month in 2010			General Cause of 2010 Fires
Month	# of Fires		General Cause	Number	Percentage
March	64		Forest Industries	4	1.3%
April	122		Arson	114	36.4%
May	71		Lightning	6	1.9%
June	19		Misc. Known	15	4.8%
July	10		Other Industry	10	3.2%
August	18		Railroad	2	0.6%
September	8		Recreation	15	4.8%
October	1		Residential	119	38%
November	0		Unknown	28	8.9%
Total	313		Total	313	100%
Fires by County in 2010			Fires by Origin in 2010
County	Total Number		Total Area	Fire Origin	Area
Annapolis	4		1.05	DND	0
Antigonish	10		6.66	Licensed Crown	6.580
Cape Breton	70		95.65	First Nations	8.3
Colchester	10		137.97	Private Land	403
Cumberland	12		7.24	Provincial Park	2.61
Digby	18		5.53	Unlicensed Crown	129.55
Guysborough	7		135.24	National Park	1.01
Halifax	35		69.89	Total	550.88
Hants	23		21.81
Inverness	5		3.83
Kings	29		4.78
Lunenburg	23		2.53
Pictou	18		33.97
Queens	9		4.91
Richmond	7		3.44
Shelburne	8		2.90
Victoria	4		0.57
Yarmouth	21		12.92
Total	313		550.88