ZIP 06360 recorded 262 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,095 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT.
2,095 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 473 | |
| 2022 | 516 | |
| 2023 | 411 | |
| 2024 | 433 | |
| 2025 | 262 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 06360 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 533 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 308 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 122 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 122 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 107 | 5.1% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 06360 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 131 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 104 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 77 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 54 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 36 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 30 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 27 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 161 | 25.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 333 | 52.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 71 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 30 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 26 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 23 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 20 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 18 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 98 | 15.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 06360 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 414% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $824,904 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $242,310 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $220,342 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $215,200 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $186,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $171,892 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $148,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $124,700 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 06360.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwich | 1,908 | |
| 2 | Gales Ferry | 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 — 2,095 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.