ZIP 02302 recorded 280 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,651 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Plymouth County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,651 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 371 | |
| 2022 | 299 | |
| 2023 | 342 | |
| 2024 | 359 | |
| 2025 | 280 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02302 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 370 | 22.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 249 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 144 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 119 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 101 | 6.1% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02302 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 150 | 24.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 140 | 23.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 80 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 59 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 10 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 110 | 18.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 267 | 43.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 112 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 45 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 30 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 29 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 25 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 15 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 68 | 11.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02302 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 423% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $325,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02302.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brockton | 1,651 |
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 — 1,651 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.