ZIP 01960 recorded 443 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,316 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Essex County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
2,316 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 493 | |
| 2022 | 419 | |
| 2023 | 503 | |
| 2024 | 458 | |
| 2025 | 443 |
Oct peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 01960 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hazardous condition, other | 542 | 23.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 475 | 20.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 194 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 164 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Attempted burning, illegal action, other | 158 | 6.8% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 01960 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 90 | 22.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 52 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 38 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 24 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 15 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 14 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 104 | 26.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 226 | 57.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 39 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 27 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 39 | 9.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 01960 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 399% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $311,400 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $220,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 01960.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peabody | 2,290 | |
| 2 | Danvers | 2 | |
| 3 | Lynn | 2 | |
| 4 | New Britain | 2 | |
| 5 | Newburyport | 2 |
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 — 2,316 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.