ZIP 01610 recorded 190 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,343 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,343 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 309 | |
| 2022 | 262 | |
| 2023 | 275 | |
| 2024 | 307 | |
| 2025 | 190 |
Nov peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01610 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 414 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 179 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Hazardous condition, other | 139 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 129 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 99 | 7.4% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01610 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 37 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 12 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Interior stairway or ramp | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 87 | 39.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 96 | 43.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 10 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01610 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 350% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $580,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $457,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $367,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $325,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $325,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $265,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01610.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcester | 1,341 |
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 — 1,343 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.