ZIP 05201 recorded 96 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 689 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bennington County, VT.
689 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 140 | |
| 2022 | 189 | |
| 2023 | 130 | |
| 2024 | 134 | |
| 2025 | 96 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 05201 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 266 | 38.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 59 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 42 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 40 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill | 32 | 4.6% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 05201 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 16 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 14 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 11.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 25 | 23.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 48 | 45.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 15.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 11.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 05201 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $1,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $1,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $1,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $500 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 05201.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bennington | 639 | |
| 2 | Shaftsbury | 2 |
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 — 689 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.