ZIP 01702 recorded 577 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,959 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Middlesex County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,959 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 482 | |
| 2022 | 588 | |
| 2023 | 617 | |
| 2024 | 695 | |
| 2025 | 577 |
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01702 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 1,725 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 115 | 3.9% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 108 | 3.6% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 102 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 96 | 3.2% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01702 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 14.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 23 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 15 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 10 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 75 | 39.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 63 | 33.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 30 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 13 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 9 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 12.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01702 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 156% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01702.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Framingham | 2,954 | |
| 2 | Sherborn | 3 | |
| 3 | Acton | 1 | |
| 4 | Ashland | 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 — 2,959 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.