Number of Fires and Area Burned
Year	2010		2011
Number of Fires	313		116
Area Burned (Ha)	550.88		150.38
Average Size (Ha)	1.76		1.30
Fires by Month in 2011			General Cause of 2011 Fires
Month	# of Fires		General Cause	Number	Percentage
January	0		Forest Industries	2	1.6%
February	3		Incendiary (Arson)	46	40%
March	30		Lightning	2	1.6%
April	62		Misc. Known	3	2.6%
May	10		Other Industry	6	5.2%
June	6		Recreation	9	7.7%
July	8		Residential	43	37%
August	8		Unknown	5	4.3%
September	2
October	0
November	0
December	0
Total	116
Fires by County in 2011			Fires by Origin in 2011
County	Total Number		Fire Origin	Area
Annapolis	4		DND	0
Antigonish	1		Licensed Crown	2
Cape Breton	19		First Nations	0.68
Colchester	7		Private Land	111.24
Cumberland	0		Provincial Park	0.8
Digby	4		Unlicensed Crown	41.33
Guysborough	4		National Park	0
Halifax	9		Wilderness Area	0.33
Hants	4
Inverness	0
Kings	12
Lunenburg	3
Pictou	10
Queens	4
Richmond	0
Shelburne	9
Victoria	0
Yarmouth	21