ZIP 01028 recorded 109 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 636 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hampden County, MA.
636 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 123 | |
| 2022 | 128 | |
| 2023 | 137 | |
| 2024 | 139 | |
| 2025 | 109 |
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01028 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 130 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 86 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 58 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 57 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 44 | 6.9% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01028 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 23 | 24.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Equipment or service area, other | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 33 | 35.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 12 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 10.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 21 | 22.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01028 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 733% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $203,300 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $172,900 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01028.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Longmeadow | 632 | |
| 2 | Springfield | 3 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 636 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.