ZIP 06708 recorded 79 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,189 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,189 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 292 | |
| 2022 | 325 | |
| 2023 | 273 | |
| 2024 | 220 | |
| 2025 | 79 |
May peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 06708 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 183 | 15.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 112 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 97 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 96 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 89 | 7.5% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 06708 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 24.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 20 | 14.5% | |
| 4 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 9 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 33 | 23.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 58 | 42.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 18.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 10 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 15 | 10.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 06708 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 105227% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $140,350 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $106,918 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 06708.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterbury | 1,187 | |
| 2 | New Britain | 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 — 1,189 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.