ZIP 02914 recorded 353 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,148 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Providence County, RI.
1,148 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 266 | |
| 2022 | 196 | |
| 2023 | 110 | |
| 2024 | 223 | |
| 2025 | 353 |
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02914 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 345 | 30.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 139 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 126 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 113 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 100 | 8.7% |
For the 36 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02914 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 350 | 54.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 53 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 45 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 33 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 27 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 10 | 1.5% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 95 | 14.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 177 | 27.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 167 | 25.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 102 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 49 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 34 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 25 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 23 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 57 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02914 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 268% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $357,900 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $133,632 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $127,969 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02914.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Providence | 956 | |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 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 — 1,148 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.