ZIP 02124 recorded 354 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,235 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
2,235 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 509 | |
| 2022 | 476 | |
| 2023 | 465 | |
| 2024 | 431 | |
| 2025 | 354 |
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02124 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 719 | 32.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 199 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 186 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 119 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 101 | 4.5% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02124 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 100 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 37 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 26 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 22 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 20 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 18 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 172 | 37.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 158 | 34.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 64 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 52 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 46 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 19 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 14 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 86 | 18.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02124 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 166% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $950,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $950,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02124.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 2,235 |
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 — 2,235 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.