ZIP 02125 recorded 263 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,724 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
1,724 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 363 | |
| 2022 | 409 | |
| 2023 | 350 | |
| 2024 | 339 | |
| 2025 | 263 |
May peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02125 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 721 | 41.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 120 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 97 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 83 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 82 | 4.8% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02125 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 100 | 27.4% | |
| 2 | Other | 56 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 21 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 18 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 96 | 26.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 149 | 40.8% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 40 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 35 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 27 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Sunlight | 16 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 51 | 14.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02125 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 985% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $850,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $700,000 | 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 02125.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 1,724 |
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 — 1,724 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.