ZIP 01748 recorded 245 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,172 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Middlesex County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,172 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 215 | |
| 2022 | 233 | |
| 2023 | 249 | |
| 2024 | 230 | |
| 2025 | 245 |
Dec peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01748 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 192 | 16.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 150 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 104 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 96 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 73 | 6.2% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01748 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 23 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 20 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 18 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 17 | 8.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 8.5% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 45 | 22.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 112 | 56.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 11.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01748 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 315% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $881,236 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $800,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $385,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $291,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01748.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hopkinton | 1,172 |
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 — 1,172 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.