ZIP 01537 recorded 20 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 80 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
80 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 20 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01537 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 17 | 21.2% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 11 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 9 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 4 | 5.0% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01537 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Personal service area, barber/beauty salon area | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 5 | 23.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 1 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01537 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 144% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $2,000 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01537.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxford | 11 |
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 — 80 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.