ZIP 23502 recorded 271 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,208 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Norfolk city, VA.
1,208 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 136 | |
| 2022 | 224 | |
| 2023 | 301 | |
| 2024 | 276 | |
| 2025 | 271 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23502 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 210 | 17.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 116 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 103 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 88 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 86 | 7.1% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23502 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 81 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 52 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 34 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 32 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 59 | 18.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 160 | 50.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 41 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 23 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 22 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 30 | 9.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23502 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 149% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $247,200 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23502.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | 1,190 |
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 — 1,208 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.