ZIP 02568 recorded 270 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,103 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dukes County, MA.
1,103 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 118 | |
| 2022 | 172 | |
| 2023 | 261 | |
| 2024 | 282 | |
| 2025 | 270 |
Apr peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02568 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 470 | 42.6% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 218 | 19.8% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 52 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 43 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 40 | 3.6% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02568 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 12.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 4 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 7.3% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 3 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 19 | 34.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 21 | 38.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 7 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 12.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02568 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1908% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $9,551,600 | Building fires | 2024 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $930,400 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $706,575 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $124,500 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Water vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02568.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vineyard Haven | 373 | |
| 2 | Tisbury | 362 | |
| 3 | West Tisbury | 277 | |
| 4 | Oak Bluffs | 86 | |
| 5 | Edgartown | 4 |
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 — 1,103 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.