ZIP 02346 recorded 156 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,261 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Plymouth County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,261 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 265 | |
| 2022 | 239 | |
| 2023 | 287 | |
| 2024 | 314 | |
| 2025 | 156 |
Nov peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02346 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 256 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 165 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 130 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 78 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 71 | 5.6% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02346 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 59 | 25.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 23 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 18 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 12 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Other | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 64 | 27.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 34.5% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 29 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 9 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 15.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02346 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 721% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $455,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02346.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middleborough | 1,114 | |
| 2 | Brockton | 1 | |
| 3 | Kingston | 1 | |
| 4 | Lakeville | 1 | |
| 5 | New Bedford | 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 — 1,261 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.