ZIP 04038 recorded 181 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,214 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cumberland County, ME.
1,214 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 179 | |
| 2022 | 307 | |
| 2023 | 278 | |
| 2024 | 269 | |
| 2025 | 181 |
Dec peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 04038 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 267 | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 132 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 131 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 53 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 51 | 4.2% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 04038 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 40 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 35 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 14 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Other | 7 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 78 | 34.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 47 | 20.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 41 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 21 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 11 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 46 | 20.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 04038 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 668% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $263,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $219,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 04038.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorham | 1,191 |
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 — 1,214 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.