ZIP 11978 recorded 4 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 137 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, NY. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
137 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | |
| 2022 | 17 | |
| 2023 | 49 | |
| 2024 | 48 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 11978 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbon monoxide incident | 26 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 22 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 17 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 17 | 12.4% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 9 | 6.6% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 11978 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Assembly or sales area, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Service facilities, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 1 | 8.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 16.7% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 11978.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westhampton Beach | 106 | |
| 2 | Westhampton | 20 | |
| 3 | Quiogue | 2 | |
| 4 | Eastport | 1 | |
| 5 | Quogue | 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 — 137 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.