ZIP 02905 recorded 118 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 933 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Providence County, RI.
933 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 286 | |
| 2022 | 320 | |
| 2023 | 136 | |
| 2024 | 73 | |
| 2025 | 118 |
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02905 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 372 | 39.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 78 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 69 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 38 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 31 | 3.3% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02905 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 52 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 21 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 18 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 34 | 20.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 108 | 63.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 7 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 7 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02905 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 189% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $30,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $15,000 | Water vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02905.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providence | 770 | |
| 2 | Cranston | 163 |
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 — 933 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.