ZIP 02723 recorded 135 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 660 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bristol County, MA.
660 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 110 | |
| 2022 | 118 | |
| 2023 | 144 | |
| 2024 | 153 | |
| 2025 | 135 |
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02723 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 118 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 115 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 81 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 72 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 46 | 7.0% |
For the 28 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02723 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 65 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 42 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 41 | 22.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 61 | 33.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 59 | 32.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 14 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 10 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 6.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02723 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 333% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02723.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fall River | 660 |
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 — 660 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.