ZIP 04101 recorded 288 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,280 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cumberland County, ME.
1,280 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 177 | |
| 2022 | 248 | |
| 2023 | 277 | |
| 2024 | 290 | |
| 2025 | 288 |
Oct peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 04101 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 225 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 165 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 143 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 95 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 81 | 6.3% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 04101 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 21.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 16.8% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 30.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 31.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 30 | 29.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 9 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Match | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 6.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 04101 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 281% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 04101.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland | 1,280 |
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 — 1,280 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.