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ZIP profile (county fallback)

Fires in ZIP 11956

ZIP 11956 is served primarily by Suffolk County, NY — including Brookhaven. ZIP-level data is sparse — showing the Suffolk County aggregate. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

ZIP 11956 FIPS 36103 county fallback
Total incidents (2025)
4,366
24,377 across 5 years
Building fires
401
60 wildland
Wildfire risk
73
FEMA NRI · High
Active fires
0
in Suffolk County
02 Seasonality (county-level)

When do fires happen in Suffolk County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips. ZIP-level seasonality is sparse — this is the county aggregate.

Jan 364
Feb 326
Mar 459
Apr 295
May 337
Jun 405
Jul 434
Aug 389
Sep 305
Oct 411
Nov 415
Dec 226
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in Suffolk County?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types — county-level breakdown.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Vehicle accident, general cleanup 585 13.4%
2 Carbon monoxide incident 467 10.7%
3 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 412 9.4%
4 Building fires 401 9.2%
5 Cooking fire, confined to container 338 7.7%
09 Cities served

Cities mapped to ZIP 11956

50 cities sit in Suffolk County. Click for the per-city NFIRS profile.

#CityPopulation2025 incidentsBuilding firesGrade
1 Brookhaven 487,162 6 3 A+
2 Islip 339,123 60 6 A+
3 Babylon 217,830 45 5 A+
4 Huntington 203,808 127 5 A+
5 Smithtown 116,157 111 7 A+
6 Southampton 68,441 1 1 A+
7 Brentwood 65,042 268 11 A
8 West Babylon 42,783 0 0 A+
9 Coram 42,169 33 5 A+
10 Central Islip 36,519 77 11 A-
11 Commack 35,770 162 2 A
12 Riverhead 35,759 125 7 A+
13 Huntington Station 34,588 58 5 A+
14 Centereach 31,889 59 10 A+
15 Bay Shore 30,553 161 10 A-
16 East Hampton 28,053 78 6 A+
17 Deer Park 27,304 138 2 A
18 Holbrook 27,220 25 2 A+
19 West Islip 27,192 17 0 A+
20 Lindenhurst 27,139 113 21 A
21 Shirley 26,498 109 31 A
22 Medford 24,738 242 4 B+
23 Dix Hills 24,652 62 8 A
24 Southold 23,692 26 0 A+
25 Copiague 23,442 82 7 A+
26 Selden 21,759 103 15 A
27 East Patchogue 21,449 102 4 A
28 Hauppauge 20,401 61 2 A+
29 North Amityville 20,336 2 1 A+
30 East Northport 20,287 18 1 A+
31 Holtsville 19,597 17 3 A+
32 Ronkonkoma 18,838 104 17 A
33 Melville 18,526 2 1 A+
34 North Babylon 18,393 6 4 A+
35 North Bay Shore 18,392 0 0 A+
36 Lake Ronkonkoma 18,339 7 1 A+
37 Hampton Bays 16,939 20 1 A
38 Farmingville 16,889 73 6 A
39 Kings Park 16,730 39 2 A+
40 Mastic Beach 16,189 101 17 A
41 Sayville 16,145 10 0 A+
42 Greenlawn 15,169 5 1 A+
43 Mastic 14,968 91 11 A-
44 St. James 13,733 0 0 —
45 Rocky Point 13,716 1 1 A
46 Wyandanch 13,601 58 3 A
47 East Islip 13,576 12 2 A+
48 Nesconset 13,549 32 6 A+
49 Ridge 12,987 7 0 A+
50 Manorville 12,681 55 11 A+
11 Current conditions

Right now in 11956

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

Air quality (AQI) EPA AirNow11956 → Red Flag & fire-weather NWS forecast & alerts11956 → Active fires NIFC snapshotmap → Full Suffolk County report county profilego →

About ZIP-level data

This ZIP doesn't have enough NFIRS coverage on its own (under 10 reported incidents across 2021–2025) to publish ZIP-level statistics, so we're showing the Suffolk County aggregate above. NFIRS reporting is voluntary and many rural ZIPs roll up to broader county totals. The ZIP-to-county mapping uses SimpleMaps' uscities.zips dataset.