ZIP 02542 recorded 137 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 730 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Barnstable County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
730 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 136 | |
| 2022 | 201 | |
| 2023 | 106 | |
| 2024 | 150 | |
| 2025 | 137 |
Jun peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02542 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 291 | 39.9% | |
| 2 | Accident, potential accident, other | 212 | 29.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 53 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 27 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 19 | 2.6% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02542 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 34 | 49.3% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 23.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 5 | 7.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 11 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Munitions | 9 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 4 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 4 | 5.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 15.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02542 across 2021–2025. These 4 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $2,500 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $100 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02542.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buzzards Bay | 21 | |
| 2 | Bourne | 10 | |
| 3 | Mashpee | 1 | |
| 4 | Sandwich | 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 — 730 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.