ZIP 02571 recorded 351 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,724 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Plymouth County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,724 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 404 | |
| 2022 | 305 | |
| 2023 | 348 | |
| 2024 | 316 | |
| 2025 | 351 |
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02571 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 394 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 280 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 158 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 138 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 93 | 5.4% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02571 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 14.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 27 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 25 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 13 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 13 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 87 | 34.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 56 | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 37 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 32 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 31 | 12.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 26 | 10.2% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 7.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 6.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 27 | 10.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02571 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 220% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $550,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $452,400 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $388,200 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $375,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $325,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $217,300 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02571.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wareham | 1,722 |
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 — 1,724 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.