ZIP 20876 recorded 87 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 378 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, MD.
378 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | |
| 2022 | 71 | |
| 2023 | 83 | |
| 2024 | 81 | |
| 2025 | 87 |
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 20876 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 75 | 19.8% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 46 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 34 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 30 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 28 | 7.4% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 20876 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 34.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 10 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Other | 8 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 22 | 20.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 36 | 33.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 21.1% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 20876 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 213% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $261,274 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 20876.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germantown | 368 | |
| 2 | Gaithersburg | 3 | |
| 3 | Clarksburg | 2 | |
| 4 | Damascus | 2 | |
| 5 | Montgomery Village | 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 — 378 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.