ZIP 02119 recorded 239 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,608 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
1,608 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 337 | |
| 2022 | 407 | |
| 2023 | 358 | |
| 2024 | 267 | |
| 2025 | 239 |
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02119 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 562 | 35.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 103 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 101 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 97 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Oil or other combustible liquid spill | 92 | 5.7% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02119 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 81 | 28.3% | |
| 2 | Other | 36 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 15 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 83 | 29.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 95 | 33.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 30 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 24 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 22 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 14 | 4.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 14.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02119 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 164% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $850,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02119.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 1,608 |
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 — 1,608 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.