ZIP 02865 recorded 325 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,587 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Providence County, RI.
1,587 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 345 | |
| 2022 | 357 | |
| 2023 | 241 | |
| 2024 | 319 | |
| 2025 | 325 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02865 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 323 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 264 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 207 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 127 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 104 | 6.6% |
For the 88 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02865 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 96 | 24.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 54 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Structural area, other | 40 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Other | 33 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Service facilities, other | 19 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 100 | 25.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 109 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 61 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 25 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 25 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 19 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 81 | 20.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02865 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 858% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $369,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02865.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln | 851 | |
| 2 | Woonsocket | 28 | |
| 3 | Smithfield | 22 | |
| 4 | Cumberland | 16 | |
| 5 | North Smithfield | 10 |
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 — 1,587 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.