ZIP 02118 recorded 291 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,748 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
1,748 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 380 | |
| 2022 | 390 | |
| 2023 | 389 | |
| 2024 | 298 | |
| 2025 | 291 |
Jan peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02118 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 807 | 46.2% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 128 | 7.3% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 99 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 94 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Overheated motor | 51 | 2.9% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02118 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 72 | 34.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 21 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 46 | 21.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 68 | 32.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 21 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 21 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 15 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Sunlight | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 10.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02118 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2274% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02118.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 1,748 |
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 — 1,748 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.