ZIP 05262 recorded 51 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 202 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bennington County, VT.
202 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | |
| 2022 | 62 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 51 |
Feb peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 05262 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 86 | 42.6% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 36 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 17 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 14 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | 10 | 5.0% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 05262 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Wall assembly | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 1 | 8.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 8.3% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 05262.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaftsbury | 194 | |
| 2 | Arlington | 1 | |
| 3 | Bennington | 1 | |
| 4 | Manchester | 1 | |
| 5 | North Bennington | 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 — 202 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.