ZIP 01434 recorded 46 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 295 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Middlesex County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
295 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 81 | |
| 2022 | 59 | |
| 2023 | 55 | |
| 2024 | 54 | |
| 2025 | 46 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01434 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 62 | 21.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 53 | 18.0% | |
| 3 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 31 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 19 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Explosive, bomb removal (for bomb scare, use 721) | 15 | 5.1% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01434 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 46 | 48.9% | |
| 2 | Other | 12 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 8 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 6 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Conveyor | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 13 | 13.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cigarette | 51 | 54.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 13 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Sunlight | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 10.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01434 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 72400% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $19,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01434.
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester County | MA | 1.00 | FIPS 25027 |
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 — 295 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.