ZIP 01605 recorded 309 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,833 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,833 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 345 | |
| 2022 | 404 | |
| 2023 | 381 | |
| 2024 | 394 | |
| 2025 | 309 |
Nov peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01605 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 525 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 202 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 187 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Hazardous condition, other | 180 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 109 | 5.9% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01605 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 54 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 32 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 12 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 110 | 34.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 146 | 45.6% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 29 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 12 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 38 | 11.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01605 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 213% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $899,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $507,225 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $214,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $193,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $190,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $170,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01605.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcester | 1,830 | |
| 2 | Shrewsbury | 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 — 1,833 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.