ZIP 02860 recorded 227 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 350 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Providence County, RI.
350 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 92 | |
| 2025 | 227 |
Oct peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02860 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 63 | 18.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 52 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 42 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 30 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 27 | 7.7% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02860 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 45 | 37.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 18 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Other | 14 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 13 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 16 | 13.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 35.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 23 | 19.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 18.5% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 8 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02860 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 117% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $333,333 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02860.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawtucket | 345 | |
| 2 | Providence | 3 |
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 — 350 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.