ZIP 01602 recorded 181 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,082 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,082 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 245 | |
| 2022 | 218 | |
| 2023 | 226 | |
| 2024 | 212 | |
| 2025 | 181 |
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01602 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 228 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 128 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Hazardous condition, other | 122 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 96 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 91 | 8.4% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01602 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 11.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 11 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 53 | 48.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 25.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 21 | 19.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01602 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1258% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $340,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $240,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $240,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $235,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $190,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $178,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01602.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcester | 1,080 |
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 — 1,082 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.