ZIP 02115 recorded 218 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,287 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
1,287 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 266 | |
| 2022 | 290 | |
| 2023 | 280 | |
| 2024 | 233 | |
| 2025 | 218 |
Oct peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02115 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 611 | 47.5% | |
| 2 | Overheated motor | 90 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 60 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 53 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 48 | 3.7% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02115 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 44 | 32.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 12 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 39 | 28.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 27.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 16 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 13 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 11 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 10.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02115 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 4231% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02115.
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 — 1,287 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.