ZIP 02871 recorded 159 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 757 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Newport County, RI.
757 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 162 | |
| 2022 | 150 | |
| 2023 | 117 | |
| 2024 | 169 | |
| 2025 | 159 |
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02871 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 126 | 16.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 80 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 64 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 61 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 51 | 6.7% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02871 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 21 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 15 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 7 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 4 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 37 | 27.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 62 | 46.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 16 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 8 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 10.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02871 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1845% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $13,000,000 | Water vehicle fire | 2021 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,800,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $205,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02871.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portsmouth | 753 | |
| 2 | Exeter | 1 | |
| 3 | 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 — 757 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.