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ZIP-level NFIRS data

Fires in ZIP 11236

ZIP 11236 recorded 672 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,911 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Queens County, NY.

ZIP 11236 FIPS 36081 ZIP-level 5 counties
Total incidents (2025)
672
2,911 across 5 years
Building fires
10
2 wildland
Wildfire risk
16
FEMA NRI · Very Low
Active fires
0
in Queens County
01 Five-year trend

Year over year in ZIP 11236

2,911 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.

YearIncidents 
2021 524
2022 765
2023 749
2024 201
2025 672
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in ZIP 11236?

Jun peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.

Jan 235
Feb 232
Mar 180
Apr 289
May 287
Jun 338
Jul 228
Aug 223
Sep 220
Oct 219
Nov 236
Dec 224
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in ZIP 11236?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 11236 across 2021–2025.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Cooking fire, confined to container 1,020 35.0%
2 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 724 24.9%
3 Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 218 7.5%
4 Hazardous condition, other 149 5.1%
5 Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 147 5.0%
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks fires in ZIP 11236?

For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.

Unintentional
2%
5
Cause undetermined
6%
13
Intentional / arson
1%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
11%
22
Under investigation
77%
157
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
5
05 Where fires start

Where in the building fires start

NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 11236 fires across 2021–2025.

#Area of originCountShare 
1 Undetermined 42 20.5%
2 Engine area, running gear, wheel area 26 12.7%
3 Other 20 9.8%
4 Vehicle area, other 17 8.3%
5 Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison 13 6.3%
6 Cooking area, kitchen 8 3.9%
7 Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room 7 3.4%
8 Outside area, other 7 3.4%
9 All other areas 65 31.7%
06 What ignited it

The leading heat sources here

NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Undetermined 150 73.2%
2 Heat source: other 27 13.2%
3 Arcing 9 4.4%
4 Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment 6 2.9%
5 Heat from powered equipment, other 4 2.0%
6 Hot or smoldering object, other 3 1.5%
7 Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment 2 1.0%
8 Cigarette 1 0.5%
9 All other sources 3 1.5%
08 Cities in this ZIP

Most active cities in ZIP 11236

Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 11236.

#City5-yr incidents 
1 New York 2,911
10 Also served by

ZIP 11236 crosses 5 counties

Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.

CountyStateWeight 
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
11 Current conditions

Right now in 11236

The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.

About ZIP-level data

NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 2,911 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.