ZIP 01915 recorded 350 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,947 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Essex County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,947 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 364 | |
| 2022 | 433 | |
| 2023 | 386 | |
| 2024 | 414 | |
| 2025 | 350 |
Aug peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01915 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 350 | 18.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 308 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 161 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 141 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 101 | 5.2% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01915 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 114 | 30.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 74 | 19.9% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Other | 8 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 104 | 28.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 94 | 25.3% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 58 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 35 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 29 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 25 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 16 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 78 | 21.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01915 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 520% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $221,700 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $212,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $188,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01915.
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 — 1,947 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.