ZIP 20778 recorded 15 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 30 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Anne Arundel County, MD.
30 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 15 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 20778 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 9 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 7 | 23.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Flammable gas or liquid condition, other | 2 | 6.7% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 20778 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 20.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 20.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 20778 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Outside storage fire | 2022 | Significant |
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 — 30 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.