ZIP 23224 recorded 604 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,272 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Richmond city, VA.
2,272 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 267 | |
| 2022 | 42 | |
| 2023 | 691 | |
| 2024 | 668 | |
| 2025 | 604 |
Sep peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23224 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 991 | 43.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 198 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 120 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 86 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 82 | 3.6% |
For the 41 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23224 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 49 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 38 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 33 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 20 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 19 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 118 | 36.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 147 | 45.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 23 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 19 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 45 | 14.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23224 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 200% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $289,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $153,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23224.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond | 2,259 |
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 — 2,272 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.