ZIP 24541 recorded 463 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,780 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pittsylvania County, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,780 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 320 | |
| 2022 | 455 | |
| 2023 | 195 | |
| 2024 | 347 | |
| 2025 | 463 |
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 24541 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 448 | 25.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 246 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 138 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 119 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 105 | 5.9% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 24541 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 45 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 39 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 17 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 15 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 92 | 34.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 31 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Match | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 70 | 25.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 24541 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 217% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $162,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $130,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $110,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 24541.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danville | 1,763 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville city | VA | 1.00 | FIPS 51590 |
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 — 1,780 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.