ZIP 02916 recorded 102 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 382 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Providence County, RI.
382 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 94 | |
| 2022 | 66 | |
| 2023 | 42 | |
| 2024 | 78 | |
| 2025 | 102 |
Oct peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02916 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 79 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 66 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 61 | 16.0% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 32 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 32 | 8.4% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02916 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 86 | 49.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Exterior, exposed surface | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 35 | 20.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 42 | 24.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 40 | 23.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 34 | 19.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 16 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 10 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 17 | 9.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02916 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 271% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $15,000 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02916.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Providence | 249 |
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 — 382 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.