ZIP 23452 recorded 333 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,407 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Virginia Beach city, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,407 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 317 | |
| 2022 | 201 | |
| 2023 | 234 | |
| 2024 | 322 | |
| 2025 | 333 |
Dec peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23452 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 196 | 13.9% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 185 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 148 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 107 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 95 | 6.8% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23452 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 64 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 27 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 25 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 98 | 32.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 82 | 27.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 50 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 32 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 30 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 20 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 46 | 15.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23452 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 484% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $850,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $103,380 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23452.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Beach | 119 |
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 — 1,407 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.