ZIP 02120 recorded 154 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,007 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
1,007 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 165 | |
| 2022 | 226 | |
| 2023 | 218 | |
| 2024 | 244 | |
| 2025 | 154 |
Sep peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02120 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 448 | 44.5% | |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide incident | 90 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 55 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 52 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 48 | 4.8% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02120 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 38 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 9 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 35 | 26.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 15 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Match | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 17.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02120 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 353% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02120.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 1,006 | |
| 2 | Fall River | 1 |
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 — 1,007 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.