ZIP 02780 recorded 66 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,117 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bristol County, MA.
1,117 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 250 | |
| 2023 | 379 | |
| 2024 | 417 | |
| 2025 | 66 |
Nov peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02780 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 179 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 110 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 72 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 70 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 67 | 6.0% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02780 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 68 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 57 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 23 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 80 | 24.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 170 | 52.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 37 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 4.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 45 | 13.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02780 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02780.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taunton | 1,115 | |
| 2 | Boston | 1 | |
| 3 | New Bedford | 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 — 1,117 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.