ZIP 01440 recorded 432 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,905 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,905 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 364 | |
| 2022 | 326 | |
| 2023 | 352 | |
| 2024 | 431 | |
| 2025 | 432 |
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01440 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 627 | 32.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 175 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 155 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 150 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 103 | 5.4% |
For the 43 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01440 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 69 | 26.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 15 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 11 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 11 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 99 | 38.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 58 | 22.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 46 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 34 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 27 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 18 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 46 | 17.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01440 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 112% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $411,700 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $294,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $291,700 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $245,600 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01440.
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 — 1,905 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.