ZIP 01436 recorded 17 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 94 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
94 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 20 | |
| 2024 | 41 | |
| 2025 | 17 |
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01436 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 20 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Accident, potential accident, other | 14 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 12 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 7 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 6 | 6.4% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01436 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Wall assembly | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 1 | 11.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01436 across 2021–2025. These 6 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $12,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01436.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baldwinville | 52 | |
| 2 | Templeton | 36 | |
| 3 | Orange | 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 — 94 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.