ZIP 06705 recorded 67 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,044 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,044 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 269 | |
| 2022 | 274 | |
| 2023 | 243 | |
| 2024 | 191 | |
| 2025 | 67 |
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 06705 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 146 | 14.0% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 132 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 72 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 71 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 68 | 6.5% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 06705 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 9 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 43 | 34.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 46 | 36.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 9.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 06705 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $56,942 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 06705.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterbury | 1,041 |
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 — 1,044 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.