ZIP 23504 recorded 235 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 908 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Norfolk city, VA.
908 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 107 | |
| 2022 | 144 | |
| 2023 | 211 | |
| 2024 | 211 | |
| 2025 | 235 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23504 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 157 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 92 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 71 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 65 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 49 | 5.4% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23504 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 42 | 18.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 30 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 29 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 19 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Exterior, exposed surface | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 69 | 31.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 113 | 50.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 40 | 18.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 20 | 9.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23504 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 237% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $167,493 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $135,400 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $119,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23504.
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 — 908 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.