ZIP 01518 recorded 7 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 48 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
48 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 7 |
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01518 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 9 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 5 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 5 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 4 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 3 | 6.2% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01518 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 1 | 6.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Match | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 3 | 20.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01518 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01518.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiskdale | 40 | |
| 2 | Sturbridge | 8 |
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 — 48 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.