ZIP 06053 recorded 208 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 980 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Capitol Planning Region, CT. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
980 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 168 | |
| 2022 | 231 | |
| 2023 | 204 | |
| 2024 | 169 | |
| 2025 | 208 |
May peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 06053 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 135 | 13.8% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 108 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 81 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 70 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 69 | 7.0% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 06053 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 60 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 25 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 93 | 33.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 155 | 55.8% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 6.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 12 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 13.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 06053 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 211% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $378,757 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $265,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $242,600 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 06053.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Britain | 977 |
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 — 980 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.