ZIP 01902 recorded 262 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,491 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Essex County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,491 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 369 | |
| 2022 | 232 | |
| 2023 | 317 | |
| 2024 | 311 | |
| 2025 | 262 |
May peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01902 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 373 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 147 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 118 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 111 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 98 | 6.6% |
For the 35 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01902 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 66 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 46 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 13 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 119 | 37.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 80 | 25.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 47 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 47 | 14.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 24 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 13 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 51 | 16.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01902 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 131% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $1,300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $608,900 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $302,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $150,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01902.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lynn | 1,490 | |
| 2 | Swampscott | 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 — 1,491 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.