ZIP 02301 recorded 583 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,708 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Plymouth County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
3,708 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 741 | |
| 2022 | 700 | |
| 2023 | 871 | |
| 2024 | 813 | |
| 2025 | 583 |
May peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02301 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 917 | 24.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 564 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 303 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 206 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 190 | 5.1% |
For the 41 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02301 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 506 | 33.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 195 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 169 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 90 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 88 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 44 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 32 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 31 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 350 | 23.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 592 | 39.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 250 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 147 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 121 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 92 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 55 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 49 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 39 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 160 | 10.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02301 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 289% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $665,750 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02301.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brockton | 3,708 |
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 — 3,708 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.