ZIP 12946 recorded 29 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 93 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Essex County, NY.
93 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 20 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 29 |
Dec peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 12946 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 15 | 16.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 11 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 11 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 10 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | 8 | 8.6% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 12946 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machinery room or area; elevator machinery room | 1 | 100.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 1 | 100.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 12946.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Placid | 93 |
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 — 93 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.