ZIP 01701 recorded 318 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,410 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Middlesex County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,410 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 279 | |
| 2022 | 246 | |
| 2023 | 274 | |
| 2024 | 293 | |
| 2025 | 318 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01701 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 374 | 26.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 97 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 92 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 87 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 80 | 5.7% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01701 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 19.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 19 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 15 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 52 | 34.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 52 | 34.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 18.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 15 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 15 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01701 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 259% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01701.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Framingham | 1,409 | |
| 2 | Newton | 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 — 1,410 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.