ZIP 02721 recorded 414 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,940 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bristol County, MA.
1,940 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 362 | |
| 2022 | 392 | |
| 2023 | 409 | |
| 2024 | 363 | |
| 2025 | 414 |
Nov peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02721 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 401 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 341 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 183 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 150 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 90 | 4.6% |
For the 57 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02721 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 120 | 23.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 54 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 44 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 37 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 20 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 152 | 29.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 155 | 30.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 104 | 20.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 76 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 39 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 26 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 18 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 18 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 67 | 13.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02721 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 136% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02721.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fall River | 1,940 |
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 — 1,940 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.