ZIP 23602 recorded 201 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,022 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Newport News city, VA.
1,022 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 233 | |
| 2022 | 193 | |
| 2023 | 202 | |
| 2024 | 193 | |
| 2025 | 201 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23602 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 134 | 13.1% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 87 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 83 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 82 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 67 | 6.6% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23602 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 65 | 18.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 41 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 39 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 33 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 87 | 25.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 95 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 46 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 35 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 20 | 5.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 61 | 17.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23602 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 177% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $290,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $211,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $178,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $178,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23602.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport News | 1,021 | |
| 2 | Gloucester Point | 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 — 1,022 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.