ZIP 01607 recorded 78 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 494 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
494 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 96 | |
| 2022 | 88 | |
| 2023 | 97 | |
| 2024 | 135 | |
| 2025 | 78 |
Nov peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01607 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 68 | 13.8% | |
| 2 | Hazardous condition, other | 64 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 63 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 54 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 53 | 10.7% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01607 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 31 | 25.8% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 24 | 20.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 55.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 8 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 5.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01607 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 993% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $525,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $265,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $95,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01607.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcester | 493 |
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 — 494 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.