ZIP 01240 recorded 35 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 317 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Berkshire County, MA.
317 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 72 | |
| 2022 | 67 | |
| 2023 | 77 | |
| 2024 | 66 | |
| 2025 | 35 |
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01240 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 46 | 14.5% | |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide incident | 41 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 23 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 20 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 19 | 6.0% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01240 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 25.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 9 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Other | 3 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 22.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 18 | 24.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 21.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 3 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 25.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01240 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01240.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenox | 298 | |
| 2 | Cambridge | 1 | |
| 3 | Pittsfield | 1 | |
| 4 | Stockbridge | 1 |
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 — 317 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.