ZIP 01545 recorded 296 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,433 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,433 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 351 | |
| 2022 | 278 | |
| 2023 | 262 | |
| 2024 | 246 | |
| 2025 | 296 |
Dec peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01545 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 229 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 211 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 171 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 133 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 82 | 5.7% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01545 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 58 | 35.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 9 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 54 | 33.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 76 | 46.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 13 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Radiated heat from another fire | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 11.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01545 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 326% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $480,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $342,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $160,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $116,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01545.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrewsbury | 1,425 | |
| 2 | Auburn | 2 | |
| 3 | Worcester | 2 | |
| 4 | Groveland | 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 — 1,433 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.