ZIP 11226 recorded 749 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,069 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Queens County, NY.
3,069 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 555 | |
| 2022 | 793 | |
| 2023 | 784 | |
| 2024 | 188 | |
| 2025 | 749 |
May peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 11226 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 1,109 | 36.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 898 | 29.3% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 205 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 171 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 150 | 4.9% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 11226 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 33 | 13.1% | |
| 2 | Other | 28 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 25 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 19 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 11 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 79 | 31.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 159 | 63.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 35 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 22 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Candle | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 3.2% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 11226.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 3,069 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronx County | NY | 0.50 | FIPS 36005 |
| Kings County | NY | 0.50 | FIPS 36047 |
| New York County | NY | 0.50 | FIPS 36061 |
| Richmond County | NY | 0.50 | FIPS 36085 |
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 — 3,069 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.