ZIP 01082 recorded 136 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 643 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
643 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 123 | |
| 2022 | 122 | |
| 2023 | 110 | |
| 2024 | 152 | |
| 2025 | 136 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01082 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 132 | 20.5% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 83 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 52 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 44 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 36 | 5.6% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01082 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 27 | 18.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 16 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 57 | 38.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 25 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 11 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 22.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01082 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 643% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $76,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01082.
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 — 643 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.