ZIP 02842 recorded 10 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 144 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Newport County, RI.
144 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 111 | |
| 2024 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 10 |
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02842 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 21 | 14.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 18 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 14 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 13 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 10 | 6.9% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02842 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 18.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 2 | 12.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 4 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02842 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 5100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02842.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middletown | 141 | |
| 2 | Newport | 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 — 144 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.