ZIP 02462 recorded 21 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 157 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Middlesex County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
157 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | |
| 2022 | 37 | |
| 2023 | 36 | |
| 2024 | 32 | |
| 2025 | 21 |
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02462 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 64 | 40.8% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 21 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 6 | 3.8% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02462 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Enclosure, pressurized air | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 7.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 64.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 35.7% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02462.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newton | 157 |
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 — 157 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.