ZIP 24148 recorded 96 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 445 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Henry County, VA.
445 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66 | |
| 2022 | 95 | |
| 2023 | 99 | |
| 2024 | 89 | |
| 2025 | 96 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 24148 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 70 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 68 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Aircraft standby | 54 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 38 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 34 | 7.6% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 24148 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 89 | 52.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 10 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 9 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 25 | 14.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 121 | 71.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 10 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 24148 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 158% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 24148.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ridgeway | 440 | |
| 2 | Martinsville | 4 |
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 — 445 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.